Gender differences in chronic pruritus: Women present different morbidity, more scratch lesions and higher burden

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1273-1280

  Stander S ^a   Stumpf, A ^a   Osada, N ^a   Wilp, S ^a   Chatzigeorgakidis, E ^a   Pfleiderer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEURODERMATITIS; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCRATCHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PAIN; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84876582015     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12267     Document Type: Article

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