Psychiatric comorbidities and alexithymia in patients with seborrheic dermatitis: A questionnaire study in Turkey

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-342

  Cömert, Asuman ^a   Akbaş, Berfu ^a   Kılıç, Emine Zinnur ^a   Akın, Özlem ^a   Gökçe, Elif ^a   Göktuna, Zeynep ^a   Taşkapan, Oktay ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84880878856     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: 11791888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40257-013-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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