Characteristics of skin water content and its relationship with uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Toseki Igakkai Zasshi
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1340-3451,1883-082X
DOI: 10.4009/jsdt.47.637