Effect of magnesium therapy on nocturnal leg cramps: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials with meta-analysis using simulations

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-19

  Sebo, Paul ^a   Cerutti, Bernard ^a   Haller, Dagmar M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Primary Care and Emergency Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Nocturnal leg cramps; Primary care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG CRAMP; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NOCTURNAL LEG CRAMP; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

MAGNESIUM; NOCTURNAL LEG CRAMPS; PRIMARY CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP-WAKE TRANSITION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893408016     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmt065     Document Type: Article

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