Perceptual Matching for Assessment of Itch; Reliability and Responsiveness Analyzed by a Rank-Invariant Statistical Method

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1301-1305

  Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^b,c   Kowalski, Jan ^b   Opdal, Lars ^a   Sjöström, Johan ^a   Lundeberg, Lena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eczema; Electrical stimulation; Histamine; Itch; Perceptual matching; Reliability; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RELIABILITY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0346245903     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12622.x     Document Type: Article

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