Liquorice: a root cause of secondary hypertension

We describe a patient presenting with hypertension and hypokalaemia who was ultimately diagnosed with liquorice- induced pseudohyperaldosteronism. This rare cause of secondary hypertension illustrates the importance of a methodical approach to the assessment of hypertension.

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Autores principales: Varma, Ravi, Ross, Calum N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28210494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270416685208
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spelling pubmed-52985632017-02-16 Liquorice: a root cause of secondary hypertension Varma, Ravi Ross, Calum N. JRSM Open Case Report We describe a patient presenting with hypertension and hypokalaemia who was ultimately diagnosed with liquorice- induced pseudohyperaldosteronism. This rare cause of secondary hypertension illustrates the importance of a methodical approach to the assessment of hypertension. SAGE Publications 2017-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5298563/ /pubmed/28210494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270416685208 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Liquorice: a root cause of secondary hypertension
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298563/
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