Acne itch: Do acne patients suffer from itching?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-42

  Reich, Adam ^a   Trybucka, Katarzyna ^a   Tracinska, Anna ^a   Samotij, Dominik ^a   Jasiuk, Blazej ^a   Srama, Marek ^a   Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acne; Itching; Pruritus; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38949210716     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0355     Document Type: Article

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