Impact of psoriasis on quality of life in Kuwait

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 418-424

  Al Mazeedi, K ^a,b   El Shazly, M ^a,b   Al Ajmi, Hejab S ^a,b  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANGER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645553692     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02502.x     Document Type: Article

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