Pottassium depletion as a risk factor for stroke: Will a banana a day keep your stroke away?

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 302-303

  Levine, Steven R ^a   Coull, Bruce M ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

BANANA; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIET THERAPY; NOTE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MUSA; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037072216     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.3.302     Document Type: Editorial

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