Hemodialysis-related pruritus: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of capsaicin 0.025% cream

Nephron

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 617-622

  Tarng, Der Cherng ^a   Cho, Yu Li ^a   Liu, Han Nan ^a   Huang, Tung Po ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Hemodialysis related pruritus; Substance P

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; SUBSTANCE P;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREAM; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REMISSION; SKIN TINGLING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CAPSAICIN; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0029970276     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188949     Document Type: Article

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