Prurigo as a symptom of atopic and non-atopic diseases: Aetiological survey in a consecutive cohort of 108 patients

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 550-557

  Iking, A ^a   Grundmann, S ^a   Chatzigeorgakidis, E ^a   Phan, N Q ^a   Klein, D ^b   Stander S ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRURIGO; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84876111801     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04481.x     Document Type: Review

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