Pruritus in hemodialysis patients

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Akhyani, Maryam ^a   Ganji, Mohammad Reza ^b   Samadi, Nasrin ^c   Khamesan, Behnaz ^d   Daneshpazhooh, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; XEROSIS; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASE; UREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; UREMIA;

EID: 27644580798     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-7     Document Type: Article

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