544 Opioid use in all-cause chronic pruritus
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Chronic pruritus.
Chronic pruritus is one of the most frequent complaints of the skin associated with a high disease burden and markedly impaired quality of life. Chronic pruritus (>6 weeks of duration) may occur in a broad variety of diseases including dermatological, systemic, neurological, psychosomatic/psychiatric and gynaecological ones and in every age group (children, adults, pregnant women, elderly patie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0022-202X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.553