Cross-cultural inequivalence of dermatology-specific health-related quality of life instruments in psoriasis patients (Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2007) 127, (2315-2322) DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700875);Cross-cultural inequivalence of dermatology-specific health-related quality of life instruments in psoriasis patients

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2315-2322

  Nijsten, Tamar ^a   Meads, David M ^b   De Korte, John ^c   Sampogna, Francesca ^e   Gelfand, Joel M ^d   Ongenae, Katia ^f   Evers, Andrea W ^g   Augustin, Matthias ^h  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848871574     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.185     Document Type: Erratum

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