A randomized controlled clinical trial comparing the efficacy of dead sea mineral-enriched body lotion versus two types of placebo in the treatment of cutaneous dryness, itching, peeling and tightness in hemodialysis patients (EDIT)

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Boaz, Mona ^a   Shtendik, Larisa ^a   Oron, Miriam ^b   Portugal Cohen, Meital ^c   Kohen, Ron ^c   Biro, Alexander ^a   Cernes, Relu ^a   Barnea, Zvi ^a   Maor, Zeevi ^b   Katzir, Ze'Ev ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories   (Norway)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body lotion; Clinical intervention; Dead Sea minerals; Hemodialysis; Uremic pruritus

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN TIGHTNESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEAWATER; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349097377     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232598     Document Type: Article

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