Hypokalemic myopathy in pregnancy caused by clay ingestion

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 1169-1171

  Ukaonu, Chinwe ^a   Hill, D Ashley ^a   Christensen, Franklyn ^a  

^a FL Hosp Family Practice Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLAY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB PAIN; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PICA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242289593     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(03)00705-1     Document Type: Article

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