Are restless legs syndrome, pruritus or hiccoughs surrogates for inadequate dialysis?

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-407

  Lerma, Edgar V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HICCUP; HUMAN; NOTE; PRURITUS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; STANDARD;

HICCUP; HUMANS; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 80051828479     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00888.x     Document Type: Note

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