Treatment of pruritus by capsaicin in a patient with pityriasis rubra pilaris receiving RE-PUVA therapy

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-211

  Neess, C M ^b   Hinrichs, R ^b   Dissemond, J ^b   Herrmann, G ^b   Poswig, A ^b   Servera Llanras, M ^b   Hunzelmann, N ^b   Brenneisen, P ^b   Meewes, C ^b   Krieg, T ^b   Scharffetter Kochanek, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; CAPSAICIN; ETRETIN; METHOXSALEN; RETINOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PRURITUS; PUVA THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034079037     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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