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The International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Score System (IHS4) is a valuable tool to assess sex-associated differences

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  1. Clinical Epidemiology Unit I, Rome, Italy

    Monica Napolitano, Simona Mastroeni, Roberta Fusari, Francesca Sampogna & Damiano Abeni

  2. I Dermatology Unit, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Cinzia Mazzanti & Luca Fania

  3. V Dermatology Unit, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Davide Ciccone & Sabatino Pallotta

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Funding: This work was supported, in part, by the “Progetto Ricerca Corrente 2018 and 2019” of the Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy. Conflicts of interest: FS acted as a consultant for Abbvie, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Pierre Fabre, not related to the present study.

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Napolitano, M., Mastroeni, S., Fusari, R. et al. The International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Score System (IHS4) is a valuable tool to assess sex-associated differences. Eur J Dermatol 30, 201–203 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2020.3743

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