DLQ1 scores in vitiligo: Reliability and validity of the Persian version

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Aghaei, Shahin ^a   Sodaifi, Manouchehr ^a   Jafari, Peyman ^a   Mazharinia, Nazila ^a   Finlay, Andrew Y ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITILIGO; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITILIGO;

EID: 10444261810     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-4-8     Document Type: Article

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