Quality of life and psychological adaptation of Korean adolescents with vitiligo

Sung‐Hwan Choi, D‐Y Kim, S‐H Whang, Ju Hee Lee, S‐K Hann, Yee‐Jin Shin

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2009 · 61 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

The quality of life of adolescents with vitiligo is closely related to the patients' apprehensions about their disease, psychosocial adjustment, and psychiatric morbidity, rather than the clinical severity of the condition itself. Clinicians should recognize and deal with psychological adaptation along with medical intervention when treating adolescent patients with vitiligo.

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