Itching in patients with chronic hand eczema: Data from the CARPE registry

Dermatology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-153

  Ruppert, Linda ^a   Apfelbacher, Christian ^a,b   Molin, Sonja ^c   Bauer, Andrea ^d   Mahler, Vera ^f   Schmitt, Jochen ^d,e   Elsner, Peter ^g   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; CARPE registry; Chronic hand eczema; Dermatology Life Quality Index; Eczema; Itch; Pruritus; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HAND ECZEMA; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; COMPLICATION; ECZEMA; FOLLOW UP; HAND DERMATOSES; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911412446     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362901     Document Type: Article

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