Pruritus: An underrecognized symptom of small-fiber neuropathies

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 328-332

  Brenaut, Emilie ^a   Marcorelles, Pascale ^a,b,c   Genestet, Steeve ^a,c   Ménard, Dominique ^c,d   Misery, Laurent ^a,b,c  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c Breton Competence Center of Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Neuropathies with Cutaneous Mucosal Symptoms   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pruritus; Questionnaire; Sensory symptoms; Small fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; STRESS; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; XEROSIS; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922567854     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.10.034     Document Type: Article

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