Barely scratching the surface

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-212

  Vinik, Aaron I ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEROTONIN;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; NOCICEPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SCRATCHING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SUNBURN; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; TINEA PEDIS; VULVA PRURITUS; XEROSIS;

ANIMALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; PRURITUS;

EID: 74249095941     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-2035     Document Type: Editorial

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