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  • Title: [Treatment of severe pruritus in dialysis patients with selective UV-phototherapy (SUP)].
    Author: Lubach D, Kock BW.
    Journal: Fortschr Med; 1983 Dec 08; 101(46):2125-8. PubMed ID: 6662463.
    Abstract:
    The beneficial effect of ultraviolet phototherapy (SUP) on uremic pruritus was studied. 16 patients were treated. 14 patients improved after a course of five to 24 UVB exposures. The very small total dose of 2,11 J/cm2 proved effective in the majority of treated patients.
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