Characteristics of pruritus in children on peritoneal dialysis

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Senturk, Nilgun ^a   Ozkaya, Ozan ^a   Aytekin, Sevil ^a   Bek, Kenan ^a   Açikgöz, Yonca ^a   Aydin, Fatma ^a   Bek, Yuksel ^a   Turanli, Ahmet Yaşar ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Peritoneal dialysis; Renal insufficiency; Uremic pruritus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRURITUS;

EID: 47949118510     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000145461     Document Type: Article

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