Is pruritus in depression a rare phenomenon?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-110

  Pacan, Przemysław ^a   Grzeslak, Magdalena ^a   Reich, Adam ^a   Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; FLUVOXAMINE; MIANSERIN; OLANZAPINE; PERAZINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS;

EID: 58549094740     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0576     Document Type: Letter

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