"Pruritus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.
| Descriptor ID |
D011537
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.685 C23.888.885.625
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pruritus" by people in Profiles.
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Obeticholic Acid Impact on Quality of Life in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: REGENERATE 18-Month Interim Analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 09; 20(9):2050-2058.e12.
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A basophil-neuronal axis promotes itch. Cell. 2021 01 21; 184(2):422-440.e17.
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Cutaneous Manifestations of Chronic Liver Disease. Clin Liver Dis. 2020 08; 24(3):351-360.
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Safety, Clinical Activity, and Biological Correlates of Response in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma: Results from a Phase I Trial of Atezolizumab. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 10 15; 25(20):6061-6072.
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Efficacy and safety of ixekizumab over 4?years of open-label treatment in a phase 2 study in chronic plaque psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Aug; 79(2):294-301.e6.
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Sensory Neurons Co-opt Classical Immune Signaling Pathways to Mediate Chronic Itch. Cell. 2017 Sep 21; 171(1):217-228.e13.
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4-expressing macrophages and keratinocytes contribute differentially to allergic and nonallergic chronic itch. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 02; 141(2):608-619.e7.
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Eccrine squamous syringometaplasia in sites of radiation recall secondary to vemurafenib therapy for BRAF-mutated carcinoma. J Dermatol. 2016 Oct; 43(10):1233-1234.
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Clinical meaningfulness of complete skin clearance in psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Jul; 75(1):77-82.e7.
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Immune dysregulation underlies a subset of patients with chronic idiopathic pruritus. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 May; 74(5):1017-20.