Cirrhosis and muscle cramps: Evidence of a causal relationship

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 264-273

  Angeli, Paolo ^a   Albino, Grazia ^a   Carraro, Paolo ^a   Pria, Manuela Dalla ^a   Merkel, Carlo ^a   Caregaro, Lorenza ^a   De Bei, Erica ^a   Bortoluzzi, Andrea ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROLYTE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HUMAN ALBUMIN; MINERAL; PROTHROMBIN; RENIN; UREA;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PLASMA VOLUME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13344275169     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008591851     Document Type: Article

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