Complementary integrative approach for treating pruritus

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Pfab, F ^a,b,c   Schalock, P C ^c   Napadow, V ^c,d   Athanasiadis, G I ^a   Yosipovitch, G ^e   Ring, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; alternative; complementary; itch; pruritus

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURN; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLIMATE; HERPES ZOSTER; NUTRITION; PRURITUS;

BURNS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PRURITUS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84875869448     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dth.12031     Document Type: Article

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