The correlation between uremic pruritus and blood lead levels in prevalent hemodialysis patients and its relation to the severity of pruritus using visual analog score

• Huvudskapare: Sahar Mahmoud Shawky (Författare, medförfattare), Reeham Abdel Aziz Abdel Hamid (Författare, medförfattare), Lina Essam Khedr (Författare, medförfattare)
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• Publicerad: SpringerOpen, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Pruritus is a common and often distressing symptom in patients with chronic kidney disease. Though the pathogenesis of uremic pruritus remains poorly understood, systemic inflammation has presented itself as one of the possible explanations. High blood lead levels (BLLs) have bee...