Study design and preliminary results from the pilot phase of the PraKtis study: Self-reported diagnoses of selected skin diseases in a representative sample of the Italian population

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Naldi, Luigi ^a   Colombo, Paolo ^b   Placchesi, Elena Benedetti ^a   Piccitto, Roberto ^b   Chatenoud, Liliane ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b   Reseghetti, A ^a   Pinna, A L ^c   Atzori, L ^c   Micali, G ^d   Musumeci, M L ^d   Di Rollo, Daniela ^e   Feliciani, C ^e   Stanganelli, I ^f   Locatelli, M ^f   Aurilia, A ^g   Raiola, P ^g   Piaserico, S ^h   Lo Scocco, G ⁱ   Bonci, A ⁱ   Chimenti, S ^j   Campione, E ^j   Farris, A ^k   Pestarino, A ^k   Eibenschutz, L ^l   Catricala C ^l   Cantoro, V ^m   Ingordo, V ^m   Barba, A ⁿ   Tessari, G ⁿ   Pippione, M ^o   Albertazzi, D ^o   more..

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g ASL Napoli   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^l SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^m Ospedale Principale Militare   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Italy, general population; Prevalence of Actinic Keratoses in the Italian Population Study

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPUTER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; URTICARIA; VITILIGO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9144266262     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075044     Document Type: Article

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