Sensitivity of human scalp skin to pruritic stimuli investigated by intradermal microdialysis in vivo

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-250

  Rukwied, Roman ^a,b   Zeck, Susanne ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^a   McGlone, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND 48-80; HISTAMINE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIALYSATE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PRURITUS; SCALP;

EID: 0036696332     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120461     Document Type: Article

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