Two-point discrimination of itch in patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-51

  Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^a   Ekblom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Histamine; Pruritus; Sensory perception; Spatial summation; Tactile discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOUCH;

EID: 0029917773     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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