Itch and pruritus: What are they, and how should itches be classified?

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 288-291

  Bernhard, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Itch; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

OPIATE PEPTIDE;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCRATCHING; SENSATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

HUMANS; PRURITUS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 29144454668     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2005.00040.x     Document Type: Review

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