Therapeutic uses of magnesium

American Family Physician

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-162

  Guerrera, Mary P ^a,b   Volpe, Stella Lucia ^c   Mao, Jun James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANTACID AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCITONIN; CARBONIC ACID; DOXERCALCIFEROL; FAMOTIDINE; GLUCAGON; GLUCONATE MAGNESIUM; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ASPARTATE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM LACTATE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NIMODIPINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT GLUCAGON; STEROID; TRIMAGNESIUM DICITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ECLAMPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAIN; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INSULIN METABOLISM; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEG CRAMP; LEGUME; MAGNESIUM DEPLETION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MINERAL INTAKE; NAUSEA; NUT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TORSADE DES POINTES; URINARY EXCRETION; VOMITING;

EID: 67749084763     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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