Treatment of pruritis of reactive perforating collagenosis using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-61

  Chan, Loi Yuen ^a   Tang, William Yuk Ming ^a   Lo, Kuen Kong ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Pruritus; Reactive perforating collagenosis; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CORTICOSTEROID; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLAGEN DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PAPULE; PRURITUS; REACTIVE PERFORATING COLLAGENOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033981720     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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