Total body potassium depletion and severe myopathy due to chronic liquorice ingestion
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 57 (663) , 48-49
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.57.663.48
Abstract
Summary: A 33-year-old patient with hypokalaemia associated with severe myopathy following liquorice ingestion is described. Potassium depletion was confirmed by total body potassium measurements and myopathy was established by electromyography and enzyme studies. The potential hazard of chronic liquorice consumption even as a sweet is illustrated by this case.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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