Mental health in patients with pemphigus: An issue to worth consideration

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-545

  Arbabi, Mohammad ^a   Ghodsi, Zahra ^b   Mahdanian, Abolfazl ^a   Noormohammadi, Naser ^a   Shalileh, Keivan ^a   Darvish, Fateme ^a   Ashrafinia, Narges ^a   Chams, Cheida ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DLQI; GHQ 28; pemphigus; psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PEMPHIGUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 81255141066     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.87151     Document Type: Article

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