Somatization symptoms or interferon-related adverse events? Alexithymia and somatization in somatic symptom reporting of patients with chronic hepatitis C

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 310-311

  Porcelli, Piero ^a   Cozzolongo, Raffaele ^a   Lanzilotta, Elsa ^a   Giannuzzi, Vito ^a   Leandro, Gioacchino ^a  

^a Saverio de Bellis IRCCS Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOMATIZATION; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; QUALITY OF LIFE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84906015291     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360821     Document Type: Letter

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