Hidradenitis suppurativa markedly decreases quality of life and professional activity

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Matusiak, Łukasz ^a   Bieniek, Andrzej ^a   Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a,b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS;

EID: 77749291969     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.09.021     Document Type: Letter

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