The effects of gabapentin therapy on pruritus, quality of life, depression and sleep quality in pruritic hemodialysis patients

Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Tol, Hüseyin ^a   Atalay, Hüseyin ^a   Güney, Ibrahim ^a   Gökbel, Hakki ^a   Altintepe, Lütfullah ^a   Büyükbaş, Sadik ^a   Bodur, Said ^b   Selçuk, Nedim Yilmaz ^a   Tonbul, Halil Zeki ^a   Yeksan, Mehdi ^a   Türk, Süleyman ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Selçuk University ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Hemodialysis; Pruritus; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77950504603     PISSN: 13013149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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