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. 2023 Sep 25:6:e49070.
doi: 10.2196/49070.

A Survey of Patient Demographics in Inflammatory Skin Disease Case Reports

Ross O'Hagan  1 , Stella A Caldas  1 , Patrick M Brunner  1 , Benjamin Ungar  1
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A Survey of Patient Demographics in Inflammatory Skin Disease Case Reports

Ross O'Hagan et al. JMIR Dermatol. .

Abstract

Case reports serve many functions in the medical literature. We explore patient demographics in case reports for common inflammatory skin diseases.

Keywords: acne; alopecia areata; atopic dermatitis; case report; case reports; demographic; demographics; dermatitis; dermatology; inflammation; inflammatory; inflammatory skin diseases; psoriasis; rosacea; skin; survey.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: BU is an employee of Mount Sinai and has received research funds (grants paid to the institution) from Incyte, Rapt Therapeutics, and Pfizer. He is also a consultant for Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Castle Biosciences, Fresenius Kabi, Pfizer, and Sanofi.

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Histograms of patient age by inflammatory skin disease type in case report literature.
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