Reduction in skin reactions to histamine after a hypnotic procedure

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-248

  Laidlaw, Tannis M ^a   Booth, Roger J ^a   Large, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

hypersensitivity; hypnosis; imagery; immune modulation; mood; psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029977312     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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