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Urticariform striae distensae with severe pruritus and pain in an obese woman Volume 21, issue 5, September-October 2011

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Division of Dermatology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0017, Japan

ejd.2011.1456 Auteur(s) : Mami Kanata, Masahiro Oka oka@med.kobe-u.ac.jp, Hiroshi Nagai, Makoto Kunisada, Chikako Nishigori Division of Dermatology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0017, Japan Striae distensae (SD) or stretch marks, are linear, smooth bands of atrophic-appearing skin occurring in areas subject to stretching and observed associated with pregnancy, obesity, growth during adolescence, increased adrenocortical function, and corticosteroid therapy [...]