Evaluation of scratch movements by a new Scratch-Monitor to analyze nocturnal itching in atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 432-435

  Endo, Kaoru ^a   Sumitsuji, Hozumi ^a   Fukuzumi, Takayuki ^a   Adachi, Jun ^a   Aoki, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Pressure sensor; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SENSOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRURITUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP;

EID: 0030871222     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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