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Partner bereavement and risk of chronic urticaria, alopecia areata and vitiligo: cohort studies in the UK and Denmark
Author(s) -
Wong A.Y.S.,
Kjærsgaard A.,
Frøslev T.,
Forbes H.J.,
Mansfield K.E.,
Silverwood R.J.,
Sørensen H.T.,
Smeeth L.,
Schmidt S.A.J.,
Langan S.M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/bjd.19122
Subject(s) - alopecia areata , vitiligo , medicine , dermatology , cohort , chronic urticaria , cohort study
The pathogeneses of skin diseases are not fully understood. Psychological stress has been proposed to be associated with skin diseases, but the epidemiological evidence is limited [1, 2]. We have recently reported the associations between partner bereavement (an extreme life stressor) and psoriasis, atopic eczema and melanoma [3, 4]. In this study, we further investigated whether partner bereavement was associated with urticaria, alopecia areata, or vitiligo.

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