Aquagenic pruritus: Associated diseases and clinical pruritus characteristics;Aquagener pruritus: Assoziierte grunderkrankungen und klinische prurituscharakteristika

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 797-804

  Heitkemper, Tina ^a   Hofmann, Tanja ^a   Phan, Ngoc Quan ^a   Ständer, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

aquadynia; chronic pruritus; lactose intolerance; polycythemia vera; pregabaline

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUAGENIC PRURITUS; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMOGRAPHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOFIBROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRATCHING; SKIN PRURITUS; SWEATING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 77957608954     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2010.07463.x     Document Type: Article

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