A practical review and update on the management of pruritus sine materia

Cutis

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Tuerk, Melanie J ^a,b   Koo, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIPRURITICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PRURITUS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 56449104494     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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