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Case Reports
. 2006 Winter;11(4):245-7.
doi: 10.1155/2006/873870.

Ondansetron treatment in a child presenting with chronic intractable pruritus

Chantal Frigon  1 , Joëlle Desparmet
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Case Reports

Ondansetron treatment in a child presenting with chronic intractable pruritus

Chantal Frigon et al. Pain Res Manag. 2006 Winter.

Abstract
in English, French

The case of a seven-year-old boy with chronic pruritus secondary to a giant congenital melanocytic nevus is presented. The pruritus did not respond to conventional antipruritic drug treatment, but responded to ondansetron, a selective antagonist of 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 receptors.

Est présenté le cas d’un garçon de sept ans atteint d’un prurit chronique secondaire à un naevus mélanocytique géant congénital. Le prurit n’a pas répondu à un traitement classique aux antipruritiques, mais a répondu à l’ondansétron, un antagoniste sélectif des récepteurs 5-hydroxytryptamine de type 3.

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