Pruritic dermatoses of pregnancy: To lump or to split?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 708-709

  Cohen, Lisa M ^a,c   Kroumpouzos, George ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Cohen Dermatopathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ATOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN PRURITUS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33947172047     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.08.075     Document Type: Letter

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