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Association of psychological stress with skin symptoms among medical students

Ghada A. Bin Saif, Hala M. Alotaibi, Abdullateef A. Alzolibani, Noor A. Almodihesh, Hamad F. Albraidi, Najed M. Alotaibi and Gil Yosipovitch
Saudi Medical Journal January 2018, 39 (1) 59-66; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.1.21231
Ghada A. Bin Saif
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Hala M. Alotaibi
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Abdullateef A. Alzolibani
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Noor A. Almodihesh
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Hamad F. Albraidi
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Najed M. Alotaibi
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Gil Yosipovitch
From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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vol. 39 no. 1 59-66
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.1.21231
PubMed 
29332110

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received September 21, 2017
  • Accepted December 6, 2017
  • Published online January 1, 2018.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Ghada A. Bin Saif, MD⇑,
  2. Hala M. Alotaibi, MBBS,
  3. Abdullateef A. Alzolibani, MD,
  4. Noor A. Almodihesh, MD,
  5. Hamad F. Albraidi, MBBS,
  6. Najed M. Alotaibi, MBBS and
  7. Gil Yosipovitch, MD
  1. From the Department of Dermatology (Bin Saif, Alotaibi, Albraidi, Alotaibi), Department of Psychiatry (Almodihesh) College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Department of Dermatology (Alzolibani), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Dermatology and Itch Center (Yosipovitch), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ghada A. Bin Saif, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: gbinsaif{at}ksu.edu.sa ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8850-3187
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