Itchy hair - trichoknesis: A variant of trichodynia or a new entity?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 591-

  Reich, Adam ^a   Medrek, Karolina ^a   Adamski, Zygmunt ^b   Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYZINE; INSULIN; ITRACONAZOLE; PAROXETINE; PROMETHAZINE; STEROID; THIORIDAZINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; EYEBROW; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCALP HAIR; TRICHOKNESIS;

ANTIPRURITICS; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883468202     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1543     Document Type: Note

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