Evaluation of uremic pruritus at an outpatient hemodialysis unit

Renal Failure

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 609-614

  Subach, Ruth Ann ^a   Marx, Michael A ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Itching; Uremic pruritus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UREMIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UREMIA;

EID: 0036384273     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-120013964     Document Type: Article

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