Rhabdomyolisis due to liquorice ingestion;Rabdomiolisi da liquirizia

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 482-483

  Firenzuoli, Fabio ^a   Gori, Luigi ^a  

^a SAN GIUSEPPE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypokaliemia; Liquorice; Phytotherapy; Rhabdomyolisis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MUSCLES; RATS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0036727380     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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