Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 386-393 , April 2008

Self-Esteem in Children and Adolescents After Septic Shock Caused by Neisseria meningitidis: Scars Do Matter

  • Lindy C. Vermunt, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Pediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Corinne M. Buysse, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Pediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Koen F. Joosten, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Pediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold P. Oranje, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jan A. Hazelzet, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Pediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Frank C. Verhulst, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Elisabeth M. Utens, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elisabeth Utens, Ph.D., Erasmus MC–Sophia Children’s Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Received 11 April 2007 ,Accepted 4 September 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00430-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.026

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 386-393 , April 2008

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