Therapeutic Hotline: Treatment of prurigo nodularis and lichen simplex chronicus with gabapentin

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-198

  Gencoglan, Gulsum ^a   Inanir, Isil ^a   Gunduz, Kamer ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Lichen simplex chronicus; Prurigo nodularis; Pruritus; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEURODERMATITIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURIGO NODULARIS; PRURITUS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODERMATITIS; PRURIGO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950102314     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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