A case-control study on family dysfunction in patients with alopecia areata, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Poot, Françoise ^a,b   Antoine, Enora ^b   Gravellier, Marion ^a   Hirtt, Jennifer ^a   Alfani, Stefania ^c   Forchetti, Giulia ^d   Linder, Dennis ^d   Abeni, Damiano ^c   Tabolli, Stefano ^c   Sampogna, And Francesca ^c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Clinique Notre Dame de Grace   (Belgium)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Atopic dermatitis; Dermatology; Family dysfunction; Genogram; Psoriasis; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958865807     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1074     Document Type: Article

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