Muscular cramps: Proposals for a new classification

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-186

  Parisi, L ^a   Pierelli, Francesco ^b,c   Amabile, G ^a   Valente, G ^a   Calandriello, E ^a   Fattapposta, F ^a   Rossi, P ^a   Serrao, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Contractures; Muscle cramps; Nomenclature; Painful spasms

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEZAFIBRATE; BISMUTH; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOFIBRATE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; FENOFIBRATE; HERBICIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; INSULIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PENICILLAMINE; PINDOLOL; PROGESTERONE; SALBUTAMOL; STRYCHNINE; TERBUTALINE; TESTOSTERONE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINCRISTINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVENOMATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INSECT STING; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP; SPORT; TOXIC OIL SYNDROME;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TERMINOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0344407028     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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