Cutaneous innervation: Form and function

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1027-1037

  Oaklander, Anne Louise ^a   Siegel, Sandra M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LABELING; BLOOD VESSEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURITE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SWEAT GLAND; THERMORECEPTOR;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; SENSATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 27944464058     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.08.049     Document Type: Review

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