Licorice - or more?

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-253

  Leitolf, H ^a   Dixit, K C S ^b   Higham, C E ^b   Brabant, G ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldosterone producing adrenal adenoma; Cardiovascular incidences; Hypertension; Licorice abuse

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951089315     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224123     Document Type: Article

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