Association between vitiligo extent and distribution and quality-of-life impairment

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-164

  Silverberg, Jonathan I ^a   Silverberg, Nanette B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLOTHING; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; GARDENING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAND; HUMAN; LEG; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHOPPING; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SOCIALIZATION; SPORTING EVENT; SYMPTOM; VITILIGO;

ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VITILIGO;

EID: 84874249264     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.927     Document Type: Article

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