Chronic hypokalaemia in young women - It is not always abuse of diuretics

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1021-1025

  Persu, Alexandre ^b,c   Lafontaine, Jean Jacques ^a   Devuyst, Olivier ^b  

^a Clinic Saint Joseph   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032917064     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.4.1021     Document Type: Article

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