Alopecia areata and alexithymia

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Cordan Yazici, Ayça ^a   Başterzi, Ayşe ^a   Tot Acar, Şenel ^a   Üstünsoy, Dilek ^a   Ikizoǧlu, Güliz ^a   Demirseren, Deniz ^a   Kanik, Arzu ^a  

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Author keywords

Alexithymia; Alopecia areata; Anxiety; Depression; Stressful major life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745182879     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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