OBJECTIVES One previous study has estimated the prevalence of pruritus in SSc, but that study had important limitations due to a relatively small sample size. The present study updates the analyses of the previous study using a substantially larger patient sample. The objectives were to (i) document the proportion of patients who experience pruritus on most days overall and by disease duration ...

Background: Pruritus is the most commonly occurring subjective symptom of dermatological disease. Published data on both prevalence and intensity of pruritus in psoriasis is limited. Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate the prevalence of pruritus and its relation with psoriasis area severity index, body mass index and presence of systemic disease in patients with psoriasis. Meth...

BACKGROUND Uremic pruritus is a common, but unpleasant, complication of end-stage renal disease. The uremic burden may differ between hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. This difference may also change the clinical characteristics of uremic pruritus between the 2 modalities. In this study, we investigated the uremic pruritus between patients on HD and PD. METHODS A total ...

BACKGROUND Uremic pruritus is the most frequent symptom in long-term hemodialysis patients. Abnormal laboratory parameters have been found with conflicting data. OBJECTIVE To correlate the prevalence of pruritus with alterations in mineral metabolism in hemodialysis patients. METHODS This was a case-control study. A hundred and five patients on maintenance hemodialysis were evaluated: a gro...

BACKGROUND: Uremic pruritus is the most frequent symptom in long-term hemodialysis patients. Abnormal laboratory parameters have been found with conflicting data. OBJECTIVE: To correlate the prevalence of pruritus with alterations in mineral metabolism in hemodialysis patients. METHODS: This was a case-control study. A hundred and five patients on maintenance hemodialysis were evaluated: a grou...

background: we investigated the perceptions of the neurologists practicing in fars province in southern iran about psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (pnes); their diagnostic processes and management strategies. methods: in this survey, all neurologists participating at the annual meeting of neurologists were asked to participate. these neurologists practice in fars province. an anonymous questi...