Exogenous factors in itch response1

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2007, Pages 146-153

  Yelverton, Christopher B ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PRURITUS;

EID: 34547551067     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/0000106421     Document Type: Article

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