Diseases

Neurodermatitis

An extremely variable eczematous skin disease that is presumed to be a response to prolonged vigorous scratching, rubbing, or pinching to relieve intense pruritus. It varies in intensity, severity, course, and morphologic expression in different individuals. Neurodermatitis is believed by some to be psychogenic. The circumscribed or localized form is often referred to as lichen simplex chronicus.

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Abstract

An extremely variable eczematous skin disease that is presumed to be a response to prolonged vigorous scratching, rubbing, or pinching to relieve intense pruritus. It varies in intensity, severity, course, and morphologic expression in different individuals. Neurodermatitis is believed by some to be psychogenic. The circumscribed or localized form is often referred to as lichen simplex chronicus.

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  • Neurodermatitides
  • Lichen Simplex Chronicus
  • Neurodermatitis, Circumscribed
  • Neurodermatitis, Localized
  • Circumscribed Neurodermatitides
  • Circumscribed Neurodermatitis
  • Localized Neurodermatitides
  • Localized Neurodermatitis
  • Neurodermatitides, Circumscribed
  • Neurodermatitides, Localized

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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eczematous skin dis with intense itching

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neurodermatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009450. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009450
  2. Neurodermatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen_simplex_chronicus
  3. Neurodermatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150378