Dermatology life quality index scores in children with vitiligo: Comparison with atopic dermatitis and healthy control subjects

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-101

  Dertlioǧlu, Selma Bakar ^a   Cicek, Demet ^b   Balci, Didem D ^c   Halisdemir, Nurhan ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDREN DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITILIGO;

EID: 84871688835     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05616.x     Document Type: Article

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