Clinical profile and impact on quality of life: Seven years experience with patients of alopecia areata

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Al Mutairi, Nawaf ^a   Eldin, Osama Nour ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; associated diseases; quality of life; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL LIFE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960231804     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.82411     Document Type: Article

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