Clinical severity does not reliably predict quality of life in women with alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, or androgenic alopecia

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Reid, Erika Elise ^a   Haley, Ann Cameron ^a   Borovicka, Judy H ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^a   West, Dennis P ^a   Colavincenzo, Maria ^a   Wickless, Heather ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alopecia; alopecia areata; androgenic alopecia; quality of life; Skindex 16; telogen effluvium

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANDROGENIC ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HAIR LOSS SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM;

ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84857458051     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.11.042     Document Type: Article

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