Brachioradial pruritus as a result of cervical spine pathology: The results of a magnetic resonance tomography study

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 756-762

  Marziniak, Martin ^a   Phan, Ngoc Quan ^a   Raap, Ulrike ^b   Siepmann, Dorothee ^a   Schürmeyer Horst, Funda ^a   Pogatzki Zahn, Esther ^a   Niederstadt, Thomas ^a   Ständer, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

cervical stenosis; dermatome; itch; magnetic resonance tomography; nerve root impingement; neuroforamen; neuropathic pruritus; peripheral nerve; sensory nerves; solar pruritus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURODERM QUESTIONNAIRE; NORTHWICK PARK NECK PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PRURITUS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052809577     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.07.036     Document Type: Article

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