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Research Article: Requirements for Brazilian Outpatient Centers of Excellence in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Consensus Co-Creative Study

Date Published: 2023-08-04

Abstract:
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory, recurrent, debilitating skin disease of the hair follicles that presents as painful, deep-seated, inflamed lesions in the apocrine gland-bearing areas of the body, most commonly in the axillae, inguinal, and anogenital regions. The estimated global prevalence of HS varies from .% to .%. The disease is twice as common in women and affects the age group between and years but affects children and adolescents as well. In Brazil, the prevalence is estimated at .%, and the mean age is approximately years, with a higher prevalence in adolescents (.%) and adults (.%).

Introduction:
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory, recurrent, debilitating skin disease of the hair follicles that presents as painful, deep-seated, inflamed lesions in the apocrine gland-bearing areas of the body, most commonly in the axillae, inguinal, and anogenital regions. The estimated global prevalence of HS varies from .% to .%. The disease is twice as common in women and affects the age group between and years but affects children and adolescents as well. In Brazil, the prevalence is estimated at…

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