Therapeutic and experimental therapeutic studies on acupuncture and itch: Review of the literature

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1013-1016

  Carlsson, Cp ^a   Wallengren, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acupuncture; itch; pain; patho physiology; skin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ICOSANOID; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; BUTTOCK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREARM; LEG; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TINGLING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMUS; VASODILATATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 77955248856     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03585.x     Document Type: Review

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