Alleviating the itch-scratch cycle in atopic dermatitis [1]

Psychosomatics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-374

  Mahtani, Ramona ^a   Parekh, Neal ^a   Mangat, Iqwal ^a   Bhalerao, Shree ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MIRTAZAPINE; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIORIDAZINE; TIOTIXENE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MIANSERIN;

ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECZEMA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; MEDITATION; PRURITUS; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS;

EID: 24044499017     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.46.4.373     Document Type: Letter

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