Exploratory Study of Intracutaneous Histamine Stimulation in Patient Populations with Chronic Pruritus

• Main Authors: Athanasios Tsianakas (Author), Nadine Nippe (Author), Christina Maria Hamper (Author), Anna Friederike Cordes (Author), Claudia Zeidler (Author), Martin Schmelz (Author), Sonja Ständer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic pruritus can be a diagnostic sign of an underlying disease. In the intracutaneous histamine test, histamine (one of the best-known inducers of pruritus) may cause different reaction patterns depending on the underlying disease. The aim of this study was to determine if an intracutaneous inje...