Liquorice-induced hypokalemia and water retention in the absence of hypertension

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-565

  Francini Pesenti, Francesco ^a,b   Puato, M ^a   Piccoli, A ^a   Brocadello, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

11 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Glycirrhetinic acid; Hypokalaemia; Liquorice

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM; RENIN; PLANT EXTRACT; WATER;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMPEDANCE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PELVIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATER RETENTION; WEAKNESS; ABDOMEN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; EDEMA; LETTER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 42949113079     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2402     Document Type: Article

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