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BackgroundData on the epidemiological impact and clinical characteristics of chronic hand eczema in Southern Europe are lacking.ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of chronic hand eczema in its different stages of severity and refractoriness to standard therapy in patients accessing Italian dermatological reference centres, and to evaluate...

Background: Contact dermatitis (CD) is a chronic disease with a significant impact on quality of life (QoL). There have been relatively few reports in the literature on specific QoL outcomes for patients suffering from CD.Objectives: To develop a new instrument specifically designed to measure QoL in CD and to investigate which disease features...