The impact of pruritus on quality of life: The skin equivalent of pain

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1153-1156

  Kini, Seema P ^a   DeLong, Laura K ^a   Veledar, Emir ^a   McKenzie Brown, Anne Marie ^b   Schaufele, Michael ^b   Chen, Suephy C ^a,c  

^a EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PRURITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE TO FACE TIME TRADE OFF INTERVIEW; HEALTH UTILITY SCORE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054771151     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.178     Document Type: Article

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