How to diagnose and treat a licorice-induced syndrome with findings similar to that of primary hyperaldosteronism

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-6

  Kusano, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 HSD2; Licorice; Mineralocorticoid excess syndrome; Primary hyperaldosteronism

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE; ANTACID AGENT; BICARBONATE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MYOCLONUS; NERVE STIMULATION; POWDER; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SODIUM ABSORPTION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 1142275264     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.5     Document Type: Editorial

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