The old lady who liked liquorice: Hypertension due to chronic intoxication in a memory-impaired patient

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 149-150

  Janse, A ^a   van Iersel, M ^a   Hoefnagels, W H L ^a   Olde Rikkert, M G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; METOPROLOL; POTASSIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RATING SCALE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM;

EID: 17644371323     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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