Clinical and psychological characteristics of patients with psoriasis reporting various frequencies of pruritus

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 820-829

  Janowski, Konrad ^a   Steuden, Stanisława ^b   Bogaczewicz, Jarosław ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^b JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SKIN DEFECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84902763557     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12074     Document Type: Article

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