title: Prurigo nodularis and dialyzer membrane.
abstract: Prurigo nodularis is a skin disease with unknown origin which is frequent in patients on maintenance renal replacement therapy. Here, we report a patient who was dialyzed for more than 10 years with different dialyzers using different dialyzer membranes. Each time when the patient was switched to a polymethylmethacrylate membrane (Filtryzer BK-1.6P), itching and skin lesions disappeared completely. This effect could be verified three times.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Nephrology, Interneph, eV, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Tugce
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goeksel
authors.forename: Wenhao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ritzerfeld
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heidenreich
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011536:Prurigo / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate