What patients with vitiligo believe about their condition

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 811-814

  Firooz, Alireza ^a,b   Bouzari, Navid ^a   Fallah, Nader ^a   Ghazisaidi, Behnaz ^a   Firoozabadi, Mehdi Rashighi ^a   Dowlati, Yahya ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITILIGO;

EID: 8844280071     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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