Creatine and Other Supplements

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 735-760

  Lattavo, Anthony ^a   Kopperud, Andrew ^b,c   Rogers, Peter D ^b,c  

^a GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRATE; BICARBONATE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CASEIN; CHROMIUM; CITRATE SODIUM; CREATINE; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; IRON; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALERTNESS; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATHLETE; BLURRED VISION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EXANTHEMATOUS PUSTULOSIS; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSOMNIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PACKAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RASH; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; THEORY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAINING; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS;

EID: 34548126979     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.04.009     Document Type: Review

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