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. 2024 Mar 22:18:134-136.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdin.2023.12.013. eCollection 2025 Feb.

Prevalence of prurigo nodularis in the United States

Shawn G Kwatra  1 , Jorge Puelles  2 , Oth Tran  3   4 , Matthew Brouillette  3   5 , Timothy Lillehaugen  6 , Varsha Parthasarathy  7 , Junwen Deng  7 , Christophe Piketty  2 , Sylvie Gabriel  2
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Prevalence of prurigo nodularis in the United States

Shawn G Kwatra et al. JAAD Int. .
No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; incidence; itch; prevalence; prurigo nodularis; pruritus; skin diseases.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Kwatra received research grants from Galderma. Drs Puelles and Gabriel are employed by Galderma. Authors Tran and Brouillette were employed by IBM Watson Health at the time the study was conducted. Author Lillehaugen is employed by Merative. Drs Parthasarathy, Deng, and Piketty have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Prurigo nodularis patient selection. PN, Prurigo nodularis.
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