Quality of life is severely compromised in adult patients with atopic dermatitis in Brazil, especially due to mental components

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Coghi, Silvana ^a   Bortoletto, Maria Cecilia ^a   Sampaio, S A P ^a   De Andrade Jr , Heitor Franco ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Dermatology; Quality of life; Quality of life questionnaire; Quality questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347236920     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000300006     Document Type: Article

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