Amelioration of licorice-induced hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis with dexamethasone: Case report and review of the literature

Endocrinologist

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Lalande, Beth M ^a,b   Findling, James W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b St Luke's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0031790213     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-199809000-00008     Document Type: Article

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