Pruritus, Allergy and Autoimmunity: Paving the Way for an Integrated Understanding of Psychodermatological Diseases

    September 2021 in “ Frontiers in allergy
    Bárbara Roque Ferreira, José Luís Pio-Abreu, Américo Figueiredo, Laurent Miséry
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    Studysummary This review discusses the shared biological mechanisms between allergy and autoimmunity, emphasizing pruritus as a central symptom in psychophysiological dermatoses, and reports no new clinical results.
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