Quality of life, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life in patients treated with insect venom immunotherapy

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Niedoszytko, Marek ^a   Majkowicz, Mikołaj ^a   Chełmińska, Marta ^a   Buss, Tomasz ^a   Gruchała Niedoszytko, Marta ^a   Jassem, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Immunotherapy; Insect venom allergy; Quality of life; Vespid allergy quality of life questionnaire

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; WASP VENOM;

ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84860346173     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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