Stress and atopic dermatitis

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-317

  Arndt, Jenna ^b   Smith, Nananamibia ^b   Tausk, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING EDUCATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TH2 CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 50349086104     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-008-0050-6     Document Type: Review

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