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Assessment of itch and sensory characteristics in patients with hand eczema

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  1. Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

    Sung-Min Park, Jeong-Min Kim, Gun-Wook Kim, Hoon-Soo Kim, Hyung-Chang Ko, Moon-Bum Kim & Byung-Soo Kim

  2. Department of Dermatology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

    Sung-Min Park, Jeong-Min Kim & Hyung-Chang Ko

  3. Department of Dermatology, Busan St. Mary’s hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

    Won-Jeong Kim

  4. Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

    Moon-Bum Kim & Byung-Soo Kim

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Park, SM., Kim, JM., Kim, GW. et al. Assessment of itch and sensory characteristics in patients with hand eczema. Eur J Dermatol 27, 401–402 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2017.3006

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