Brachioradial pruritus is associated with a reduction in cutaneous innervation that normalizes during the symptom-free remissions

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 142-145

  Wallengren, Joanna ^a,b   Sundler, Frank ^b  

^a Departments of Dermatology   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CELL MARKER; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BRACHIORADIAL PRURITUS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE FIBER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; REMISSION; SEASON; SENSORY NERVE; SHOULDER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SPRING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PRURITUS; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN; SPINAL DISEASES; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 11144330638     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.09.030     Document Type: Article

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