Chronic Itch Among Soldiers and Civilians: A Cross-sectional Study During the War in Ukraine

Jacek C. Szepietowski; Katarzyna M. Jankowska; Dmitry Bashmakov; Piotr K. Krajewski; Tatyana Svyatenko

doi:10.2340/actadv.v105.43119

Authors

Jacek C. Szepietowski 1Department of Dermato-Venereology, 4th Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland; Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Katarzyna M. Jankowska Department of Dermato-Venereology, 4th Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9186-9219
Dmitry Bashmakov Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Dnipro State Medical University, Dnipro, Ukraine
Piotr K. Krajewski University Centre of General Dermatology and Oncodermatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Tatyana Svyatenko Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Dnipro State Medical University, Dnipro, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v105.43119

Keywords:

chronic itch, itch clinics, itch

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