Too much of a good thing: A woman with hypertension and hypokalemia

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2093-2096

  Murphy, Sean C ^a   Agger, Sean ^a   Rainey, Petrie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; OLANZAPINE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALDOSTERONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RENIN;

EID: 71749098029     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127506     Document Type: Article

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