Emerging Research in Chronic Pruritus: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again

Kyle A Williams; Shawn G Kwatra

doi:10.3390/medicines7050024

Emerging Research in Chronic Pruritus: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again

Medicines (Basel). 2020 Apr 29;7(5):24. doi: 10.3390/medicines7050024.

Authors

Kyle A Williams¹, Shawn G Kwatra¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Abstract

This Medicines special issue highlights emerging research spanning from epidemiology to diagnostic workup, pathogenesis, and therapeutics for patients suffering from chronic pruritus. The special issue contains 13 articles reporting relevant epidemiologic and experimental data on chronic pruritus.

Keywords: epidemiology; itch; pathogenesis; pruritus; therapeutic; treatment.

Publication types

Editorial