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- Title
[Clinical classification of chronic pruritus. Interdisciplinary consensus proposal for a diagnostic algorithm].
- Authors
Ständer, S; Weisshaar, E; Mettang, T; Streit, M; Darsow, U; Schneider, G; Metze, D; Schmelz, M
- Abstract
Chronic pruritus is a frequent symptom in dermatology caused by a variety of dermatologic, neurologic and other systemic diseases. For adequate, economically-appropriate medical care of patients with chronic pruritus, a clinical classification of pruritus which also serves as a diagnostic algorithm is necessary. Currently suggested classifications are etiologic and not helpful in daily clinical routine. The proposed clinical classification is oriented at the clinical appearance of the patients and differentiates between disorders with or without primary or secondary skin lesions.
- Publication
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2006, Vol 57, Issue 5, p390
- ISSN
0017-8470
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00105-006-1122-y