Quiz Page June 2010. A Case of Severe Hypokalemic Paralysis and Hypertension

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Pant, Prajwol ^a   Nadimpalli, Lakshmi ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^a   Cheng, Jen Chieh ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; SODIUM;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG SWELLING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; METABOLISM; PARALYSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 77952504758     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.02.003     Document Type: Note

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