Benefit of ribose in a patient with fibromyalgia

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1646-1648

  Gebhart, Benjamin ^a   Jorgenson, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5 triphosphate; ATP; Fibromyalgia; Ribose

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CORVALEN; RIBOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; RIBOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7044251799     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.24.16.1646.50957     Document Type: Article

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