Quinine for nocturnal leg cramps a meta-analysis including unpublished data

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 600-606

  Man Son Hing, Malcolm ^a,b,c   Wells, George ^a,b   Lau, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leg cramps; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Quinine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEG CRAMP; META ANALYSIS; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; QUININE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031715866     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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