Muscle cramps - Differential diagnosis and therapy;Wadenkrämpfe - Differenzialdiagnose und Therapie

Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 80-86

  Reichel, Gerhard ^a   Zwickau, ^a  

^a Paracelsusklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; QUINIDINE;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CRAMP;

EID: 62949190997     PISSN: 03429601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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