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Epidemiology of Prurigo Nodularis compared with Psoriasis in Germany: A Claims Database Analysis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2020
Prurigo nodularis is an itchy skin disease with unknown epidemiology. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of prurigo nodularis compared with that of psoriasis.
Sonja Ständer, Miriam Ketz, Nils Kossack, Divine Akumo, Marc Pignot, Sylvie Gabriel, Rajeev Chavda   +6 more
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Comparative Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Chronic Pruritus: Patients with Chronic Liver or Kidney Diseases Exhibit Higher Psychological Distress than Those with Atopic Dermatitis

Dermatology and Therapy
Introduction Chronic pruritus (CP; lasting ≥ 6 weeks) is a prevalent symptom with diverse underlying conditions, including chronic liver diseases (CLD), chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and atopic dermatitis (AD).
Svenja Royeck, Christian Mess, Angelika Weigel, Bernd Löwe, Anne Toussaint, Christoph Schramm, Meike Shedden Mora, Tobias B. Huber, Claudia Zeidler, Felix Witte, Matthias Augustin, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Henning Wiegmann, Johannes B. Oehm, Stefan W. Schneider, Sonja Ständer   +15 more
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Current concepts of pathophysiology, epidemiology and classification of pruritus [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2014
Discovery of pruritus-specific mediators and receptors facilitated the neurobiological concept of pruritus: itch-specific (histamine-dependent and histamine-independent C-fibers); itch-specific receptors on cutaneous and spinal neurons ...
Jovanović Marina
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Psychopathology Associated with Chronic Pruritus: A Systematic Review

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023
There are no previous studies of the psychopathology associated with different aetiologies of chronic pruritus. A systematic review was performed of cohort and case-control studies comparing healthy controls with patients with chronic pruritus related to
Bárbara R. Ferreira, Laurent Misery
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Dupilumab Improves Prurigo Activity and Severity in Patients with Prurigo Nodularis: A Post Hoc Analysis of Pooled Results from the PRIME and PRIME2 Trials

Dermatology and Therapy
Introduction Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a dermatological condition characterized by intensely itchy nodules. The Prurigo Activity and Severity (PAS) assessment tool is a clinician-reported questionnaire used in the phase 3 dupilumab trials.
Sonja Stander, Claudia Zeidler, Jerome Msihid, Melanie Makhija, Ashish Bansal, Simmi Wiggins, Joseph Zahn, Ryan B. Thomas, Donia Bahloul   +8 more
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Chronic Nodular Prurigo: A European Cross-sectional Study of Patient Perspectives on Therapeutic Goals and Satisfaction

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2021
Chronic nodular prurigo is characterized by recalcitrant itch. Patient perspectives on therapeutic goals, satisfaction with therapy and efficacy of therapeutic regimens for this condition are unknown. This questionnaire study examined these issues in 406
Manuel P. Pereira, Claudia Zeidler, Joanna Wallengren, Jon Anders Halvorsen, Elke Weisshaar, Simone Garcovich, Laurent Misery, Emilie Brenaut, Ekin Şavk, Nikolay Potekaev, Andrey Lvov, Svetlana Bobko, Jacek C. Szepietowski, Adam Reich, Agnieszka Bozek, Franz J. Legat, Martin Metz, Markus Streit, Esther Serra-Baldrich, Margarida Gonçalo, Michael Storck, Teresa Nau, Vincent Hoffmann, Sabine Steinke, Ina Greiwe, Martin Dugas, Matthias Augustin, Sonja Ständer   +27 more
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Pathogenesis of pruritus [PDF]

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2011
SummaryThe pathogenesis of acute and chronic (> 6 weeks duration) pruritus is complex and involves in the skin a network of resident cells (e. g., mast cells, keratinocytes, sensory neurons) and transient inflammatory cells (e. g., eosinophils). Though pruritus and pain show overlapping mechanisms, recent studies have provided evidence that pruritus
Sonja, Ständer, Ulrike, Raap, Elke, Weisshaar, Martin, Schmelz, Thomas, Mettang, Hermann, Handwerker, Thomas A, Luger   +6 more
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Aquagenic Pruritus Questionnaire: Predicting Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in Patients with Aquagenic Pruritus

Dermatology and Therapy
Introduction Aquagenic pruritus (AP) is an underrecognized condition in which patients perceive itch following contact with water on clinically non-lesional skin.
Felix Witte, Elke Weisshaar, Martin Metz, Steffen Koschmieder, Susanne Isfort, Andreas E. Kremer, Martin Griesshammer, Svenja Royeck, Sonja Ständer, Claudia Zeidler   +9 more
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Sensory Qualities Point to Different Structural and Functional Skin Patterns in Chronic Pruritus Patients. A Translational Explorative Study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2019
Chronic pruritus (CP) is often accompanied by paresthetic sensations like warmth, burning and stinging. The aim of this study was to analyze, whether divergent sensations are linked to structural and functional skin alterations in clinically diagnosed CP
Johanna Hidding, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Manuel P. Pereira, Heike Conrad, Hanns Hatt, Tobias Lotts, Nani Osada, Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Martin Schmelz, Sonja Ständer   +9 more
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Prevalence and Burden of Somatic Symptom Disorder in Atopic Dermatitis and Chronic Pruritus—The Persistent Somatic Symptoms Across Diseases: Pruritus (SOMA.PRU) Study

JEADV Clinical Practice
Background Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a relatively “novel” psychiatric diagnosis defined as excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to persistent somatic symptoms such as chronic pruritus (CP) and could be important in this population ...
Stefan M. Kahnert, Ansgar Koechel, Gina L. Frank, Svenja Royeck, Claudia Zeidler, Felix Witte, Christian Mess, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Volker Huck, Bernd Löwe, Rupert Conrad, Gudrun Schneider, Stefan W. Schneider, Sonja Ständer   +13 more
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