Prevalence and characterization of pruritus in epidermolysis bullosa

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-59

  Danial, Christina ^a   Adeduntan, Rasidat ^a   Gorell, Emily S ^a   Lucky, Anne W ^b   Paller, Amy S ^c   Bruckner, Anna ^d   Pope, Elena ^e   Morel, Kimberly D ^f   Levy, Moise L ^g   Li, Shufeng ^a   Gilmore, Elaine S ^h   Lane, Alfred T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g Department of Pediatrics Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY SKIN; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORTH AMERICAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; STRESS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; AGE; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921742262     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12391     Document Type: Article

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