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Randomized trial of two after-dialysis gabapentin regimens for severe uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients

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  1. U.O. Nefrologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Generale e Specialistica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, Parma, 43126, Italy

    Giovanni Maria Rossi, Enrico Fiaccadori & Lucio Manenti

  2. Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Mattia Corradini & Silvia Mattei

  3. Renal Unit, Nephrology and Dialysis Department, Sant’Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy

    Valentina Blanco

  4. Department of Biomedical Clinical and Experimental Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy

    Augusto Vaglio

  5. Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Augusto Vaglio

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Rossi, G.M., Corradini, M., Blanco, V. et al. Randomized trial of two after-dialysis gabapentin regimens for severe uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients. Intern Emerg Med 14, 1341–1346 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02175-4

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