Quality of life in Swedish children with eczema

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-349

  Gånemo, Agneta ^a   Svensson, Åke ^a   Lindberg, Magnus ^b,c   Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI); Dermatitis Family Impact Questionnaire (DFI); Health related quality of life; Infants' Dermatitis Quality Of Life Index (IDQOL); SCORAD; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURIGO BESNIER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; URTICARIA; CAREGIVER; HAY FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; URTICARIA;

EID: 35348886097     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0245     Document Type: Article

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