A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of supplementary vitamins E, C and their combination for treatment of haemodialysis cramps

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1448-1451

  Khajehdehi, Parviz ^a,b   Mojerlou, Mohammad ^a   Behzadi, Saeed ^a   Rais Jalali, Ghanbar Ali ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b House 53 ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Muscle cramps; Placebo; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034937392     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.7.1448     Document Type: Article

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