Relationship between anger and pruritus perception in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and psoriasis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1062-1069

  Conrad, R ^a   Geiser, F ^a   Haidl, G ^a   Hutmacher, M ^a   Liedtke, R ^a   Wermter, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anger; Chronic idiopathic urticaria; Depression; Pruritus; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 49749144482     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02714.x     Document Type: Article

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