Chronic pruritus in HIV-positive patients in the southeastern United States: Its prevalence and effect on quality of life

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 659-664

  Kaushik, Shivani B ^a   Cerci, Felipe B ^a   Miracle, Jill ^a   Pokharel, Achyut ^a   Chen, Suephy C ^b,c   Chan, Yiong Huak ^d   Wilkin, Aimee ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

chronic pruritus; HIV; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC PRURITUS; HIV; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896068637     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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