Uremic pruritus, cytokines, and polymethylmethacrylate artificial kidney

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 468-472

  Lin, Hsin Hung ^a   Liu, Yao Lung ^a   Liu, Jiung Hsiun ^a   Chou, Che Yi ^a   Yang, Ya Fei ^a   Kuo, Huey Liang ^a   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial kidney; Cytokine; Hemodialysis; Uremic pruritus

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; HEMODIALYZERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; UREA;

ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD UREA NITROGENS; C-REACTIVE PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; HAEMATOCRIT; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH SENSITIVITY; PARATHYROID HORMONES; UREMIC PRURITUS;

DIALYSIS;

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATININE; CYTOKINE; FERRITIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA;

EID: 44849113154     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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