Children with atopic dermatitis do not have more anxiety or different cortisol levels compared with normal children

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Sule Afsar, F ^a   Isleten, Figen ^a   Sonmez, Nihal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAIT ANXIETY SUBSCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76649113705     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2010.09021     Document Type: Article

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