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Trick or Treat? Licorice-Induced Hypokalemia: A Case Report

The by-products of black licorice metabolism are toxic in high concentrations. Patients who consume large quantities of black licorice are at risk of developing an acquired syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess. This presents clinically as hypertension, hypernatremia, and hypokalemia. Here,...

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Autores principales: Benge, Elizabeth, Shah, Pinak, Yamaguchi, Leo, Josef, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7769495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391895
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11656