A life-threatening case of pseudo-aldosteronism secondary to excessive liquorice ingestion

BACKGROUND: Liquorice is found in many food products, soft drinks, and herbal medicines. Liquorice ingestion is an uncommon cause of apparent mineralocorticoid excess or pseudo-aldosteronism. The mechanism involves the inhibition of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-2 by the active ingredien...

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Autores principales: McHugh, Joseph, Nagabathula, Ramesh, Kyithar, Ma Pyeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8349066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34362360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-021-00816-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8349066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34362360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-021-00816-4

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