Use of a silklike bedding fabric in patients with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-443

  Kurtz, Eleanor J ^a   Yelverton, Christopher B ^a   Camacho, Fabian T ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SILK; SILKLIKE BEDDING FABRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BEDDING AND LINENS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SILK; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49349106805     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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