Children's rating of itch: An experimental study

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 16344375870     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.22201.x     Document Type: Article

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