| Itch: Basic Mechanisms and Therapy Contributor(s): Yosipovitch, Gil (Editor), Greaves, Malcolm W. (Editor), Fleischer, Alan B., Jr. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 082474747X ISBN-13: 9780824747473 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $247.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: This blue-ribbon reference compiles the latest research and recommendations from leading specialists in the field to offer a concise and multidisciplinary discussion of the basic aspects of itch, diseases in which itch serves as a major component, and recent procedures for the assessment and control of itch in patient care. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Dermatology - Medical | Neurology |
| Dewey: 616.5 |
| LCCN: 2003065401 |
| Series: Basic and Clinical Dermatology |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.36" W x 9.3" (1.48 lbs) 418 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offering details on the pharmacology of itch, techniques of itch evaluation, and neurogenic itch, this reference presents new concepts in the neurophysiology and central mechanisms of itch, animal models of itch, and processing of histamine itch in the human cerebral cortex. The text clarifies itch in systemic and skin disease, exploring renal itch, uremic pruritus, lichen amyloidosis and more. |