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US 9,919,022 B2Granted
Use of angiotensin II (AII) receptor agonists to prevent or reduce hemodialysis-associated skeletal muscle cramps
OwnerArthur J. Atkinson, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a therapeutic intervention to prevent, reduce, or treat hemodialysis-associated skeletal muscle cramps by administering All receptor agonists or other pharmacologic agents that augment homeostatic responses to hemodialysis while preventing derecruitment of skeletal muscle capillaries.
Claims2
A method of preventing, reducing, or treating cramping during hemodialysis, said method comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of angiotensin II.
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