Pruritus

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1135-1142+1145

  Moses, Scott ^a  

^a Lino Lakes Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; AVEENO; CAMPHOR; CAPSAICIN; COLESTYRAMINE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FEXOFENADINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; HYDROXYZINE; MENTHOL; NALBUPHINE; NALMEFENE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PAROXETINE; PIMOZIDE; PRAMOCAINE; RIFAMPICIN; SARNA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAR; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CHOLESTASIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROSIS; NOTALGIA PARESTHETICA; OAT; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UREMIA;

CHOLESTASIS; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRURITUS;

EID: 0141795550     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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