Management of intractable muscle cramps: The role of predilutional hemofiltration (case report and review)

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 456-464

  Lee, Han Pin ^a   Lim, Paik Seong ^b   Yang, Chiu Chin ^b   Yeh, Chi Hsiang ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARNITINE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; MAGNESIUM; NIFEDIPINE; OXAZEPAM; PRAZOSIN; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 5; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CRAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032788406     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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