Is pruritus in chronic uremic patients related to peripheral somatic and autonomic neuropathy? Study by R-R interval variation test (RRIV) and by sympathetic skin response (SSR)

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-193

  Zakrzewska Pniewska, B ^a   Jedras M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Hemodialysis; Peripheral neuropathy; Pruritus; R R interval variation test; Sympathetic skin response; Uremia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRURITUS; RR INTERVAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; UREMIA;

EID: 0034947149     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0987-7053(01)00257-X     Document Type: Article

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