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Areas to focus on: causes include dermatologic, hepatic (cholestasis), endocrine (hyperthyroidism and diabetes mellitus), malignant (lymphomas and leukemias), infectious, neurologic or psychiatric, rheumatic diseases (Sjogren, scleroderma and dermatomyositis), as well as allergies, or medications.
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Al Naqbi, A., Al Memari, S. (2024). History Taking and Management of a Patient Presenting with Pruritus. In: Lari, S., Al Memari, S., Al Marzooqi, D. (eds) Family Medicine OSCE: First Aid to Objective Structured Clinical Examination. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5530-5_2
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