Pruritus sine materia: A prospective study of 95 patients;Enquête étiologique d'un prurit sine materia: Étude prospective d'une série de 95 patients

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 490-493

  Afifi, Y ^a,b   Aubin, F ^a   Puzenat, E ^a   Degouy, A ^a   Aubrion, D ^a   Hassam, B ^b   Humbert, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^b IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

tiologie; Etiology; Maladies internes; Prurit sine materia; Pruritus sine material; Systemic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 3042515432     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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