Influence of acupuncture on type i hypersensitivity itch and the wheal and flare response in adults with atopic eczema - A blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 903-910

  Pfab, F ^a   Huss Marp, J ^a   Gatti, A ^a   Fuqin, J ^a,b   Athanasiadis, G I ^a   Irnich, D ^b   Raap, U ^c   Schober, W ^a   Behrendt, H ^a   Ring, J ^a   Darsow, U ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Allergen; Atopic eczema; Flare; Itch; Wheal

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPPENDORF ITCH QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; COMPLICATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOLOGY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; POACEAE; POLLEN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ALLERGEN; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PLACEBOS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PRURITUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77953085851     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02284.x     Document Type: Article

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