Muscle cramps: Reevaluation of the efficacy of quinine salts;Crampes musculaires: Reevaluation de l'efficacite des sels de quinine

Presse Medicale

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 1309-1312

  Villani, P ^b   Mugnier, B ^b   Bouvenot, G ^a  

^a Lab Therapeutique Methodol E   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUININE; INORGANIC SALT;

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FRANCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; QUININE; SALTS;

EID: 0033519821     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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