American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages A33-A35 , March 2010

Quiz Page March 2010: Pruritus in Advanced CKD

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 Case provided and authored by Min-Yu Chang, MD, Hsi-Hao Wang, MD, Yi-Jer Lee, MD, and Shih-Yuan Hung, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, ROC.

 Address correspondence to Shih-Yuan Hung, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, No. 1, Yi-Da Rd, Jiau-shu Tsuen, Yan-chau Shiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, ROC. E-mail: ed101366@edah.org.tw

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 Financial Disclosure: None.

PII: S0272-6386(09)01259-1

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.09.010

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages A33-A35 , March 2010