A life-threatening complication of Atkins diet

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9514, 2006, Pages 958-

  Chen, Tsuh Yin ^a   Smith, William ^a   Rosenstock, Jordan L ^b   Lessnau, Klaus Dieter ^b  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New York School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; ATKINS DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; KETONURIA; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33645002203     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68394-3     Document Type: Article

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