Correlation between nocturnal scratch behavior assessed by actigraphy and subjective/ objective parameters in patients with atopic dermatitis

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-122

  Fujita, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagashima, Mayumi ^a   Takeshita, Yoshihiro ^b   Aihara, Michiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OLOPATADINE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LETTER; MALE; NOCTURNAL SCRATCH BEHAVIOR; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPLICATION;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS;

EID: 84897535134     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2013.2242     Document Type: Letter

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