Ondansetron for paediatric uraemic pruritus: A case report

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 694-696

  Deshpande, Pankaj V ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Ondansetron; Pruritus; Uraemia

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM; DIANEAL; HYDROXYZINE; ONDANSETRON; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPRURITICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; ONDANSETRON; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PRURITUS; UREMIA;

EID: 2942691906     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1471-7     Document Type: Article

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