Open AccessInflammation and pruritus in haemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Virga
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/17.12.2164
Subject(s) - medicine , mean corpuscular volume , gastroenterology , transferrin saturation , serum iron , ferritin , iron deficiency , albumin , creatinine , mean corpuscular hemoglobin , transferrin , microcytosis , dialysis , hemodialysis , endocrinology , hematocrit , anemia
Pruritus is a common symptom among patients on haemodialysis (HD). We studied 68 HD patients to assess the role of iron deficiency, anaemia, inflammation and other common serum and dialysis parameters in pruritus.
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