The role of serum zinc and other factors on the prevalence of muscle cramps in non-alcoholic cirrhotic patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 524-529

  Baskol, Mevlut ^a   Ozbakir, Omer ^a   Coşkun, Ramazan ^a   Baskol, Gulden ^b   Saraymen, Recep ^b   Yucesoy, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gastroenteroloji Bilim Dali ^*

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Muscle cramp; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CRAMP; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SLEEP; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

EID: 3042651233     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000129059.69524.d9     Document Type: Article

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