Assessment of quality of life in Saudi patients with vitiligo in a medical school in Qassim province, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1414-1417

  Al Robaee, Ahmad A ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VITILIGO; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAUDI ARABIA; VITILIGO;

EID: 38849148534     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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