Somatic and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with chronic pruritus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-400

  Ferm, Ingela ^a   Sterner, Magnus ^a   Wallengren, Joanna ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cofactors; Itch; Pruritus of unknown origin; Psychiatric; Systemic; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; GABAPENTIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHADONE; PSORALEN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BRACHIORADIAL PRURITUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONCURRENT INFECTION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; FACE PRURITUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC ITCH; PARASITOPHOBIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; PSYCHOGENIC PRURITUS; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP PRURITUS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954902676     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0864     Document Type: Article

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