Pruritus in certain internal diseases

Hippokratia

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Yonova, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antihistamines; Cholestasis; Dialysis; Internal diseases; Itching; Malignancy; Pruritus; Unpleasant sensation; Uremia

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALKYLATING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GOLD; MORPHINE; OPIATE; RETINOL; SULFONAMIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRURITUS; PSYCHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 34249949685     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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