Clinical classification of chronic pruritus. Interdisciplinary consensus proposal for a diagnostic algorithm;Klinische klassifikation von chronischem pruritus. Interdisziplinärer konsensusvorschlag für einen diagnostischen algorithmus

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Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 390-394

  Stander S ^a   Weisshaar, E ^b   Mettang, T ^c   Streit, M ^d   Darsow, U ^e   Schneider, G ^a   Metze, D ^a   Schmelz, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Itch; Prurigo; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GERMANY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRURITUS;

EID: 33646684996     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-006-1122-y     Document Type: Article

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