Randomised crossover trial of naitrexone in uraemic pruritus

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9041, 1996, Pages 1552-1554

  Peer, Gary ^a   Kivity, Shmuel ^a   Agami, Orna ^a   Fireman, Elizabeth ^a   Silverberg, Donald ^a   Blum, Miriam ^a   Iaina, Adrian ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; ENDORPHIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 3; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UREMIA;

EID: 0029821820     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)04176-1     Document Type: Article

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