Disease Severity, Quality of Life, and Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients With Psoriasis With Reference to Sociodemographic, Lifestyle, and Clinical Variables: A Prospective, Cross-Sectional Study From Lahore, Pakistan.

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Published in Prim Care Companion CNS Disord on June 25, 2015

Authors

Abdul Rahman Khawaja1, Syed Muhammad Azam Bokhari1, Rasheed Tariq1, Shahzad Atif1, Hanif Muhammad1, Qadeer Faisal1, Mohammad Jafferany1

Author Affiliations

1: AIMC Research Cell, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore (Dr Khawaja); Department of Dermatology Services, Institute of Medical Sciences Services Hospital, Lahore (Dr Bokhari); Department of Dermatology, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore (Dr Rasheed); Department of Dermatology, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore (Dr Shahzad); Department of Statistics, National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore (Dr Hanif); Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Lahore (Dr Qadeer), Pakistan; and Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, East Campus, Saginaw (Dr Jafferany).

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