Psychologic distress in polymorphous light eruption and its relationship to patients' beliefs about their condition

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-431

  Richards, Helen L ^a,b,c   Ling, Tsui C ^b   Evangelou, George ^b   Brooke, Rebecca C C ^b   Huber, Katya ^b   Gibbs, Neil K ^b   Fortune, Donal G ^c   Rhodes, Lesley E ^b  

^a Academic Division of Clinical Psychology

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847060435     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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