Clinical characteristics of generalized idiopathic pruritus in patients from a tertiary referral center in Singapore

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1023-1026

  Goon, Anthony T J ^a,b   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a,b   Chan, Yiong Huak ^a,b   Goh, Chee Leok ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYZINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP DISORDER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPRURITICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34848913239     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03152.x     Document Type: Article

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