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Selective Nerve Fibre Activation in Patients with Generalized Chronic Pruritus: Hint for Central Sensitization?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2019
Central sensitization induces pain augmentation in chronic pain states. An analogous mechanism is speculated for chronic pruritus. This study compared patients with chronic pruritus (n = 79) of different origins (atopic dermatitis, chronic pruritus on ...
Manuel P. Pereira, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Johannes Köllner, Gitta Neufang, Martin Schmelz, Sonja Ständer   +5 more
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Usability of Validated Sleep-assessment Questionnaires in Patients with Chronic Pruritus: An Interview-based Study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2018
Impaired sleep due to nocturnal pruritus is a common symptom in patients with chronic pruritus. However, there is no standardized, simplified instrument for assessing sleep-related problems in patients with chronic pruritus. After a literature search, we
Theresa Suilmann, Claudia Zeidler, Nani Osada, Claudia Riepe, Sonja Ständer   +4 more
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Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic Pruritus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2020
While psychological factors are relevant in many patients with chronic pruritus, not all patients can be offered psychologic, psychosomatic or psychiatric consultation.
Gudrun Schneider, Anna Grebe, Philipp Bruland, Gereon Heuft, Sonja Ständer   +4 more
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Self-reported generalised pruritus among community-dwelling older adults in Malaysia

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background The ageing skin is more susceptible to pruritic dermatoses, which are associated with adverse psychosocial effects and reduced quality of life among older adults.
Shin Shen Yong, Zhenli Kwan, Chin Chwen Ch’ng, Adrian Sze Wai Yong, Leng Leng Tan, Winn Hui Han, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Ai-Vyrn Chin, Maw Pin Tan   +8 more
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Evidences for gestures associated with pruritus in very young infants: a pilot study

Scientific Reports
The anatomical and functional basis for pruritus is present from birth. However, pruritus in this population is largely underestimated. The aim of this study was to analyze behaviors potentially associated with pruritus in infants under 6 months ...
Adrien Boyard, Camille Cosnard, David Simon, Camille Le Pors, Claire Abasq-Thomas, Marine Grandgeorge, Laurent Misery, Séverine Henry, Jean-Michel Roué   +8 more
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Chronic Prurigo of Nodular Type: A Review

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2017
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a subtype of chronic prurigo presenting single to multiple symmetrically distributed, hyperkeratotic and intensively itching papules and nodules.
Claudia Zeidler, Athanasios Tsianakas, Manuel Pereira, Hartmut Ständer, Gil Yosipovitch, Sonja Ständer   +5 more
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Secukinumab Reduces Psoriasis-associated Pruritus and Regenerates the Cutaneous Nerve Architecture: Results from PSORITUS a Doubleblind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized Withdrawal Phase IIIb Study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
The occurrence of pruritus in psoriasis was previously underestimated but is a significant burden. Secukinumab (SEC), a monoclonal anti-interleukin-17A antibody, efficiently controls signs of psoriasis, but the effect on pruritus and cutaneous ...
Lina Renkhold, Manuel P. Pereira, Karin Loser, Dieter Metze, Daniel Baeumer, Nima Melzer, Maximilian Reinhardt, Athanasios Tsianakas, Thomas Luger, Christian Mess, Ruth Becker, Clara Hambüchen, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Sonja Ständer   +13 more
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Effect of Sertraline on Uremic Pruritus Improvement in ESRD Patients

International Journal of Nephrology, 2012
Background. Although uremic pruritus is a common and upsetting problem of chronic kidney disease, there is no approved treatment for it. This study was undertaken to find the efficiency of sertraline as a possible treatment for uremic pruritus. Methods.
Mansor Shakiba, Hoshang Sanadgol, Hamid Reza Azmoude, Mohamad Ali Mashhadi, Hassan Sharifi   +4 more
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PIEZO1 channels in cutaneous free nerve endings: novel insights into itch-scratch-mechanisms

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023
Manuel Pedro Pereira, Henning Wiegmann, Sonja Ständer   +2 more
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ICTERIC PRURITUS. [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1907
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