Severe hypokalaemic paralysis and rhabdomyolysis due to ingestion of liquorice

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 146-148

  van den Bosch, A E ^a   van der Klooster, J M ^a   Zuidgeest, D M H ^a   Ouwendijk, R J Th ^a   Dees, A ^a,b  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypokalaemia; Liquorice consumption; Paralysis; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CREATINE KINASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RENIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CANDY; FOOD HABITS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 17644415698     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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