Muscle cramps in cirrhosis. The therapeutic value of quinine. Is it underused?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 794-799

  Corbani, A ^a   Manousou, P ^a   Calvaruso, V ^a   Xirouchakis, I ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Cramps; Quinine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DIURETIC AGENT; EPERISONE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PLACEBO; QUINIDINE; QUINIDINE SULFATE; QUININE; TAURINE; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLURRED VISION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; ITALY; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINNITUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUININE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149096912     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.01.021     Document Type: Article

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