Muscle cramps and fasciculations not always ominous: Muscle cramp-fasciculation;Spierkrampen en fasciculaties niet altijd omineus: Het spierkramp-fasciculatiesyndroom

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 140, Issue 32, 1996, Pages 1655-1658

  Vos, P E ^a   Wokke, J H J ^a  

^a Academisch Ziekenhuis Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE FATIGUE; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BENZODIAZEPINES; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCICULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 0030056409     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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