Efficacy and safety of pregabalin for the treatment of chronic pruritus in Korea

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 790-791

  Park, Jung Min ^a   Jwa, Seung Wook ^a   Song, Margaret ^a   Kim, Hoon Soo ^a   Ko, Hyun Chang ^a   Kim, Moon Bum ^a   Kwon, Kyung Sool ^a   Kim, Byung Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREGABALIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; KOREA; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPRURITICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84865640462     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2012.01572.x     Document Type: Letter

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