Ethyl chloride as an antipruritic agent: A double-blind placebo-controlled prospective study

Dermatology

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-377

  Gal Oz, Amir ^a   Rogowski, Ori ^a   Swartzon, Michael ^a   Kivity, Shmuel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethyl chloride; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CHLOROETHANE; HISTAMINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTIPRURITICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHYL CHLORIDE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRURITUS; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650972251     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321720     Document Type: Article

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