Psychological status of patients with chronic urticaria

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 765-771

  Pasaoglu, Gülden ^a   Bavbek, Sevim ^a,b   Tugcu, Handan ^a   Abadoglu, Oznur ^a   Misirligil, Zeynep ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Angora Evleri ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARANOIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHASTHENIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; TURKEY; URTICARIA;

EID: 33750321939     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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