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An epidemiology study of patients with uremic pruritus

Serap Utaş, Ayten Ferahbaş, Bülent Tokgöz, Gülbin Ünsal, Haluk Furkan Şahan, Agah Bahadır Öztürk, Cengiz Utaş

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2006 · 106 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

This study showed us that uremic pruritus was observed more in men than women. The high prevalence of uremic pruritus in our study does not support the decrease of pruritus due to an improvement in the management of dialysis patients.

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