Brachioradial pruritus. A rare, localized, neuropathic form of itching;Brachioradialer pruritus. Eine seltene, lokalisierte, neuropathische juckreizform

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Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 523-527

  Schurmeyer Horst F ^a   Fischbach, R ^a   Nabavi, D ^a   Metze, D ^a   Stander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachioradial pruritus; Gabapentin; Localized itch; Neuropathic

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRURITUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33745163534     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-005-0939-0     Document Type: Article

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