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. 2023 Mar 23;16(6):1035-1037.
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfac246. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Prevalence and severity of pruritus in Spanish patients with chronic kidney disease and impact on quality of life: a cross-sectional study

Nuria Aresté  1 , J Emilio Sanchez-Alvarez  2 , Mario Prieto-Velasco  3 , Pablo Molina  4 , Vicent Esteve-Simó  5 , Raquel Ojeda  6 , Juan Manuel Buades  7 , Marian Goicoechea  8 , Rafael Sanchez-Villanueva  9 , Guillermo Alcalde Bezhold  10 , Rosa Elena Pérez-Morales  11 , Ana Blanco Santos  12 , Roser Peiró-Jordan  13 , María Dolores Arenas  14 ; Pruritus Week Group
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Prevalence and severity of pruritus in Spanish patients with chronic kidney disease and impact on quality of life: a cross-sectional study

Nuria Aresté et al. Clin Kidney J. .
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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Skin itch in different types of patients with CKD: according to 20 KDQOL (last 4 weeks).
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Body distribution of pruritus associated to CKD: percentage of patient CKD-aP presenting itch at different body areas.
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