Topical capsaicin therapy for uremic pruritus in patients on hemodialysis

Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Makhlough, Atieh ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CAPSAICIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIC PRURITUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPRURITICS; CAPSAICIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 77953174427     PISSN: 17358582     EISSN: 17358604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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