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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec;59(6):336-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.05.008. Epub 2009 Nov 5.

[The old man and the syrup]

[Article in French]
H Delacour  1 , J-P Le Berre, A Servonnet, F Janvier, A Rault, F Ceppa, V Gardet
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[The old man and the syrup]

[Article in French]
H Delacour et al. Pathol Biol (Paris). 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Intoxication by glycyrrhizin is a rare cause of hypokalemia. We describe a patient with severe hypokalemia caused by long-term consumption of syrup containing liquorice. The physiopathological mechanism of the intoxication and the differential diagnosis are presented.

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