Viral hepatitis infection should be considered for evaluating uremic pruritus in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients

Blood Purification

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-153

  Hung, Kuan Yu ^a   Shyu, Ren Shi ^a   Tsai, Tun Jun ^a   Chen, Wan Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CAPD; Pruritus; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031847974     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014328     Document Type: Article

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