Antipruritic Effect of Acupuncture in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: Feasibility Study Protocol for a Randomised, Sham-Controlled Trial

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Flow of the trial. (a) Randomisation schema for participants with AD. (b) Recruitment of healthy controls for comparative microRNA expression profiling analysis against AD patients. AD, atopic dermatitis; CES-D, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale; Cold-Heat, questionnaire of cold-heat pattern identification based on diagnosis in Traditional Korean Medicine; DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index; EASI, Eczema Area and Severity Index; POEM, Patient Oriented Eczema Measure; PPT, Pressure Pain Threshold; SCORAD, SCORing Atopic Dermatitis; STAXI, state-trait anger expression inventory; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.

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