Electrical ear acupuncture reduces histamine-induced itch (alloknesis)

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 399-403

  Kesting, Marco Rainer ^a,b   Thurmüller, Petra ^a   Hölzle, Frank ^a   Wolff, Klaus Dietrich ^a   Holland Letz, Tim ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloknesis; Electrical ear acupuncture; Histamine provocation; Itch

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ALLOKINESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS;

EID: 33749009757     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0115     Document Type: Article

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