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A pramoxine-based anti-itch lotion is more effective than a control lotion for the treatment of uremic pruritus in adult hemodialysis patients

Trudye A. Young Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Tejesh S. Patel Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Fabian Camacho Department of Public Health Sciences, Section of Nephrology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Adele Clark Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Barry I. Freedman Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Mandeep Kaur Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Julie Fountain Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Lisa L. Williams Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Gil Yosipovitch Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; Departments of Neurobiology & Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Alan B. Fleischer Jr Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 76-81 | Received 29 Jun 2008, Accepted 01 Jul 2008, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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