Muscle cramps

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-442

  Miller, Timothy M ^a   Layzer, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Cramp fasciculation; Fasciculation; Muscle pain; Myalgia; Quinine; Spasm

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRATE; CREATINE KINASE; DIURETIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PHENYTOIN; QUININE SULFATE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FASCICULATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LEG CRAMP; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOKYMIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROPATHY; OTOTOXICITY; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SATOYOSHI SYNDROME; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SWEATING; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREMIA; VOMITING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 25844439505     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20341     Document Type: Review

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