"Uremic pruritus": A misnomer

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 416-417

  Saxena, Anil K ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MAST CELL; MOOD; NOMENCLATURE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SLEEP; UREMIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HISTAMINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAST CELLS; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 27744549727     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2005.01161.x     Document Type: Letter

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