Triggering role of stressful life events in patients with alopecia areata

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 246-250

  Taheri, Ramin ^a   Behnam, Behnaz ^a   Tousi, Jafar Allavi ^a   Azizzade, Maryam ^a   Sheikhvatan, Mohammad Rafiee Mehrdad ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Life; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEGLECT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872318134     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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