Complex interactions between pain and itch

Pain

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-10

  Schmelz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; PREGABALIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PAIN; PRURITUS;

EID: 33746816701     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.022     Document Type: Editorial

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