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. 2022 Aug 30:9:80-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdin.2022.08.015. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Neighborhood-based analysis of adolescent hidradenitis suppurativa prevalence in a large metropolitan area

Carrie L Vuong  1 , Helen H Park  1   2 , Sijia Zhang  3 , Rosalynn R Z Conic  4 , George K Hightower  1   2
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Neighborhood-based analysis of adolescent hidradenitis suppurativa prevalence in a large metropolitan area

Carrie L Vuong et al. JAAD Int. .
No abstract available

Keywords: adolescence; health disparities; hidradenitis suppurativa; neighborhoods; pediatrics.

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Race/Ethnicity in neighborhoods with a high prevalence of adolescents living with HS. For purposes of this study: (1) a patient is identified as Black/African American, if identified as such in the RCH electronic health record (EHR), (2) Latino/Hispanic if identified as such in the RCH EHR and did not also identify as Black/African American, (3) Asian if identified as such in the RCH EHR and not identified as Black/African American or Latino/Hispanic, and (4) White if identified as such in the RCH EHR and did not also identify as Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic, or Asian. HS, Hidradenitis suppurativa; RCH, Rady Children’s Hospital.
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