Itchy skin-A clinical problem for haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.5, 2007, Pages

  Wikström, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DOPPS; Haemodialysis; Mortality; Pruritus; Quality of life; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; TIME; UNITED STATES; UREMIA;

CALCIUM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UREMIA;

EID: 34548793601     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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