Chronic urticaria: Importance of a medical-psychological approach

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 149-152

  Berrino, A M ^a   Voltolini, S ^b   Fiaschi, D ^a   Pellegrini, S ^b   Bignardi, D ^b   Minale, P ^b   Troise, C ^b   Maura, E ^a  

^a ASL 3   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Depression; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 33745289411     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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