Effect of skin care with an emollient containing a high water content on mild uremic pruritus

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Okada, Kazuyoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Koichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emollient; Hemodialysis; Pruritus; Skin care; Xerosis

Indexed keywords

ADJUPEX GEL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREMIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WATER CONTENT; XEROSIS;

AGED; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SKIN CARE; UREMIA; WATER;

EID: 10044223519     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-0968.2004.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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