Predictors of pruritus in patients with chronic liver disease and usefulness of nalfurafine hydrochloride.
Norio AkutaHiromitsu KumadaShunichirou FujiyamaYusuke KawamuraHitomi SezakiTetsuya HosakaMasahiro KobayashiMariko KobayashiSatoshi SaitohYoshiyuki SuzukiFumitaka SuzukiYasuji AraseKenji IkedaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2017)
The present retrospective study indicated the predictors for pruritus, based on the large number of patients with chronic liver disease. Furthermore, this study demonstrated that nalfurafine hydrochloride may be useful for pruritus, regardless of the predictors.
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