Atopic eczema and histamine-lnduced sensations

Dermatology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Koppert, W ^a   Heyer, G ^a   Handwerker, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; Burning pain; Histamine iontophoresis; Itch sensation

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SENSATION; SKIN; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRURITUS; SENSATION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0029970403     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246371     Document Type: Article

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