Nocturnal pruritus: The battle for a peaceful night’s sleep

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Lavery, Michael Joseph ^a   Stull, Carolyn ^a   Kinney, Michael Owen ^b   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Circadian rhythm; Physiology; Pruritus; Sleep; Sleep cycle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MELATONIN; OPIATE AGONIST;

ACTIMETRY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEURODERMATITIS; NIGHT SLEEP; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PRURITUS; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 85006744565     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030425     Document Type: Review

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