Clinical evaluation of the computerized Chronic Urticaria-Specific Quality of Life questionnaire in Korean patients with chronic urticaria

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 722-728

  Ye, Y M ^a   Park, J W ^b   Kim, S H ^b   Choi, J H ^c   Hur, G Y ^d   Lee, H Y ^a   Lee, E H ^a   Park, Hae Sim ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DELAYED PRESSURE; DERMOGRAPHISM; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUN EXPOSURE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866743711     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2012.04414.x     Document Type: Article

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