Sweet root, bitter pill: Liquorice-induced hyperaldosteronism

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1093-1095

  Imtiaz, K E ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LANSOPRAZOLE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; UREA;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE EDEMA; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCYRRHIZA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 82855182187     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq233     Document Type: Note

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