Psychosomatic cofactors and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with chronic itch

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 762-767

  Schneider, G ^a   Driesch, G ^a   Heuft, G ^a   Evers, S ^a   Luger, T A ^a   Stander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPPENDORF ITCH QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPAIRMENT SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749866860     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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