Itching for progress

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 471-473

  Rees, Jonathan ^a   Murray, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H4 RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE;

EID: 23044503894     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01852.x     Document Type: Review

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