PRURITUS CIRCUMSCRIPTUS SINE MATERIA - A SEQUEL OF POSTZOSTERIC NEURALGIA EVALUATION BY QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOPHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND LASER-EVOKED POTENTIALS

Authors
DARSOW U LORENZ J BROMM B RING J
Citation
U. Darsow et al., PRURITUS CIRCUMSCRIPTUS SINE MATERIA - A SEQUEL OF POSTZOSTERIC NEURALGIA EVALUATION BY QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOPHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND LASER-EVOKED POTENTIALS, Acta dermato-venereologica, 76(1), 1996, pp. 45-47
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Acta dermato-venereologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015555
Volume
76
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
45 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5555(1996)76:1<45:PCSM-A>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A case of circumscribed pruritus existing since 1 year on clinically u ninvolved skin is reported, in which careful history revealed a 5-year previous episode of herpes tester in the same dermatome. Impairment o f cutaneous sensitivity was evaluated by use of a quantitative psychop hysical examination and laser-evoked cortical potentials (LEP).