Pruritus - Causes, diagnostics and treatment;Prurit: Causes, diagnostic et traitement

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 2, Issue 63, 2006, Pages 1115-1121

  Bigliardi, Paul L ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY SKIN; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; REVIEW;

EID: 33749412697     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.53738/revmed.2006.2.63.1115     Document Type: Review

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