Creatine monohydrate treatment alleviates muscle cramps associated with haemodialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1978-1981

  Chang, Chiz Tzung ^a   Wu, Chin Herng ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a   Huang, Jeng Yi ^a   Wu, Mai Szu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Creatine monohydrate; Haemodialysis; Muscle cramps; Muscle metabolism; Placebo control; Single unit study

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARNITINE; CREATINE; CREATININE; PLACEBO; QUININE; SERUM ALBUMIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0036844309     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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