Solute loss plays a major role in polydipsia-related hyponatraemia of both water drinkers and beer drinkers

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 421-426

  Musch, W ^a,b   Xhaet, O ^a   Decaux, Guy ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTONIC SOLUTION; PLASMA PROTEIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM RETENTION; SOLUTE; URINE OSMOLALITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0038724273     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg078     Document Type: Article

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