Leg Cramps and Restless Legs Syndrome During Pregnancy

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Hensley, Jennifer G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

leg cramps; restless legs syndrome; sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM LACTATE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CARNITINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM; METHADONE; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PRAMIPEXOLE; QUININE SULFATE; ROPINIROLE; SACCHARIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLINDNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVENING DOSAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABOR; LEG CRAMP; MORNING DOSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SLEEP DISORDER; TINNITUS; VISUAL DISORDER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CRAMP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 65349094647     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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