Hypokalemia with syncope caused by habitual drinking of oolong tea

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-256

  Aizaki, Toshiya ^a   Osaka, Manabu ^a   Hara, Hideyuki ^a   Kurokawa, Shingo ^a   Matsuyama, Kotaro ^a   Aoyama, Naoyoshi ^a   Soma, Kazui ^a   Ohwada, Takashi ^a   Izumi, Tohru ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Caffeine; Hypoalbuminemia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; PROTEIN BINDING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TEA;

EID: 0032984511     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.252     Document Type: Article

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