Correlations between histamine-induced wheal, flare and itch

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 436-441

  Darsow, Ulf ^a,b   Ring, Johannes ^b   Scharein, Eckehard ^a   Bromm, Burkhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flare; Histamine itch; Iontophoresis; Skin prick; Wheal

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA; VENULE;

EID: 0029813113     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505231     Document Type: Article

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