A review of psychiatric disorders comorbidities in patients with alopecia areata

International Journal of Trichology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-4

  Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a,b,c   Ayoobzadehshirazi, Anaheed ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; anxiety; depressive disorder; psychiatry; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905732256     PISSN: 09747753     EISSN: 09749241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.136746     Document Type: Review

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