Health status, coping strategies, and alexithymia in subjects with androgenetic alopecia: A questionnaire study

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Tabolli, Stefano ^a   Sampogna, Francesca ^a   Di Pietro, Cristina ^a   Mannooranparampil, Thomas J ^a   Ribuffo, Marcella ^a   Abeni, Damiano ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; ALOPECIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879530713     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: 11791888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40257-013-0010-3     Document Type: Article

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