Re: 'Scratching the surface-managing the itch associated with burns: A review of current knowledge' [Burns 34 (2008) 751-760]

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 754-755

  Goutos, Ioannis ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; GABAPENTIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ALGORITHM; BURN; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EPIDERMIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPATHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; BURNS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; PRURITUS;

EID: 67349258570     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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