Immediate effect of Shakuyaku-kanzo-to on muscle cramp in hemodialysis patients

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hyodo, Toru ^a,c   Taira, Takayasu ^a   Takemura, Toru ^a   Yamamoto, Sumiko ^b   Tsuchida, Mayumi ^c   Yoshida, Kazunari ^c   Uchida, Toyoaki ^d   Sakai, Tadasu ^a   Hidai, Hideo ^a   Baba, Shiro ^c  

^a Yokohama Dai ichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Atsugi Clinic   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Herbal medicine; Immediate effect; Muscle cramp; Shakuyaku kanzo to

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; PAEONIA RADIX; SHAKUYAKO KANZO TO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE CRAMP; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747273630     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093256     Document Type: Article

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