A Simplified Method for the Measurement of Nocturnal Scratching with an Infrared Video Camera

Skin Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 560-563

  Izumi, Hirono ^a   Ebata, Toshiya ^a   Sato, Yuko ^a   Aizawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kamide, Ryoichi ^a   Niimura, Michihito ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; infrared video camera; nocturnal scratching; simplified method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015324029     PISSN: 00181390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11340/skinresearch1959.39.560     Document Type: Article

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