Alexithymia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1173, Issue , 2009, Pages 227-234

  Barbosa, Filipe ^a,b   Mota, Catarina ^a   Alves, Miguel ^a   Alcântara, Cristina ^a   Rossiñol, Bartolomeu ^a   Patrício, Patrícia ^a   Barbosa, António ^a   Ferreira, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b Rua Prof Armindo Monteiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Clinical variables; Depression; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 70049092222     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04640.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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