Concepts of patients with alopecia areata about their disease

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Firooz, Alireza ^a   Firoozabadi, Mehdi Rashighi ^a   Ghazisaidi, Behnaz ^a   Dowlati, Yahya ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 25444487519     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-1     Document Type: Article

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