Roles of Stress, Stress Perception and Trait-Anxiety in the Onset and Course of Alopecia Areata

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 871-878

  Brajac, Ines ^a   Tkalčić, Mladenka ^b   Dragojević, Danijela Malnar ^c   Gruber, Franjo ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Stress perception; Stressful life events; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIELBERG TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS;

EID: 0942266093     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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