Psychiatric morbidity in vitiligo: Prevalence and correlates in India

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-578

  Mattoo, S K ^a   Handa, S ^a   Kaur, I ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Malhotra, R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Psychiatric diagnosis; Psychological; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VITILIGO;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; VITILIGO;

EID: 18744362693     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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