Abnormal axon reflex-mediated sweating correlates with high state of anxiety in Atopic Dermatitis

Allergology International

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-473

  Kijima, Akiko ^a   Murota, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsui, Saki ^a   Takahashi, Aya ^a   Kimura, Akihiro ^a   Kitaba, Shun ^a   Lee, Jeong Beom ^b   Katayama, Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anxiety; Atopic dermatitis; Axon reflex; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHEMOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; THYMUS;

EID: 84867793000     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.12-OA-0429     Document Type: Article

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