Effectiveness of inpatient treatment on quality of life and clinical disease severity in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis vulgaris - A prospective study

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Schmitt, Jochen ^a   Heese, Elisabeth ^a   Wozel, Gottfried ^a   Meurer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Dermatology Life Quality Index; Disease severity; Eczema Area and Severity Index; Psoriasis Area and Severity Index; Psoriasis vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845926817     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096916     Document Type: Article

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