Quality of life of patients with vitiligo attending the Regional Dermatology Training Center in Northern Tanzania

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-194

  Kiprono, Samson ^a,b   Chaula, Baraka ^a,b   Makwaya, Cyprian ^c   Naafs, Bernard ^a,d   Masenga, John ^a,b  

^a Regional Dermatology Training Center   (Tanzania)

^b TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d Stichting Tropendermatologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; VITILIGO;

EID: 84873048705     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05600.x     Document Type: Article

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