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. 2019 Nov;81(5):1198-1201.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.03.083. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

Association between prurigo nodularis and malignancy in middle-aged adults

Valerie A Larson  1 , Olive Tang  1 , Sonja Stander  2 , Lloyd S Miller  1 , Sewon Kang  1 , Shawn G Kwatra  3
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Association between prurigo nodularis and malignancy in middle-aged adults

Valerie A Larson et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Nov.
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Malignancies in prurigo nodularis (PN) patients. A, Distribution of 124 malignancies diagnosed in PN patients during the 5-year study period, by anatomic origin. Hematopoietic system malignancies are further subdivided by disease entity. B, Prevalence of different malignancy categories in PN patients (blue) and patients without PN (gray) in the Johns Hopkins Health System population. ORs and 95% CIs for each malignancy type are tabulated on the right. Row section heads are indicated in bold *P < .002 (χ2 test). †Noncutaneous. CI, Confidence interval; GI, gastrointestinal; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; PN, prurigo nodularis.
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