Treatment of persistent pruritus ani in a combined colorectal and dermatological clinic

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1337-1340

  Dasan, S ^a   Neill, S M ^a   Donaldson, D R ^a   Scott, H J ^a  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTACT ALLERGEN; LIDOCAINE; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; SOAP; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATCH TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOSCOPY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PRURITUS ANI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032842662     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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