Female gender as a risk factor for hypokalemia and QT prolongation after subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-136

  Fukui, Shinji ^a   Otani, N ^a   Katoh, H ^a   Tsuzuki, N ^a   Ishihara, S ^a   Ohnuki, A ^a   Miyazawa, T ^a   Nawashiro, H ^a   Shima, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037046996     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.1.134     Document Type: Article

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