Quality-of-life assessment in patients with pemphigus using a minimum set of evaluation tools

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Paradisi, Andrea ^a   Sampogna, Francesca ^a   Di Pietro, Cristina ^a   Cianchini, Giuseppe ^a   Didona, Biagio ^a   Ferri, Rossana ^a   Abeni, Damiano ^a   Tabolli, Stefano ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149347367     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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