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Absence of pruritus in iron deficiency following venesection
Author(s) -
TUCKER W.F.G.,
BRIGGS CAROL,
CHALLONER TERESA
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1984.tb00781.x
Subject(s) - medicine , classics , dermatology , family medicine , history
Summary The relationship between persistent iatrogenic iron deficiency and pruritus was investigated in a group of twenty‐one male patients undergoing a trial of therapeutic venesection. Iron deficiency was induced and maintained over a 6‐month period by repeated venesection. In no patients did this give rise to generalized pruritus.