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Mary-Margaret Chren

Researcher at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Publications -  211
Citations -  11120

Mary-Margaret Chren is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Skin cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 204 publications receiving 9934 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary-Margaret Chren include San Francisco VA Medical Center & University of Barcelona.

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Skindex, a Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Skin Disease: Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness

Mary-Margaret Chren, +5 more
- 01 Nov 1996 - 
TL;DR: Preliminary data suggest that Skindex reliably and responsively measures the effects of skin disease on patients' quality of life and may supplement clinical judgments of disease severity.
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Improved Discriminative and Evaluative Capability of a Refined Version of Skindex, a Quality-of-Life Instrument for Patients With Skin Diseases

Mary-Margaret Chren, +6 more
- 01 Nov 1997 - 
TL;DR: The 29-item version of Skindex remains reliable and valid, but has decreased respondent burden and improved discriminative and evaluative capability.
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Physicians' Behavior and Their Interactions With Drug Companies: A Controlled Study of Physicians Who Requested Additions to a Hospital Drug Formulary

Mary-Margaret Chren, +1 more
- 02 Mar 1994 - 
TL;DR: Requests by physicians that drugs be added to a hospital formulary were strongly and specifically associated with the physicians' interactions with the companies manufacturing the drugs.
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Psychological Stress Perturbs Epidermal Permeability Barrier Homeostasis: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Stress-Associated Skin Disorders

Amit Garg, +6 more
- 01 Jan 2001 - 
TL;DR: These studies provide the first link between psychological status and cutaneous function in humans and suggest a new pathophysiological paradigm, ie, stress-induced derangements in epidermal function as precipitators of inflammatory dermatoses.
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Measurement properties of skindex-16: A brief quality-of-life measure for patients with skin diseases

Mary-Margaret Chren, +3 more
- 01 Mar 2001 - 
TL;DR: This brief single-page version of Skindex accurately and sensitively measures how much patients are bothered by their skin conditions.