Uremic pruritus

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-377

  Keithi Reddy, S R ^a   Patel, T V ^b   Armstrong, A W ^c   Singh, A K ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM ACETATE; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FOOT EDEMA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SMOKING; UREMIC PRURITUS; XEROSIS;

BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SKIN; UREMIA;

EID: 34547464157     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002197     Document Type: Article

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