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

Elizabeth Jane Benge; Pinak A Shah; Leo Yamaguchi; Vanessa Elaine Josef

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.11656

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

Elizabeth Jane Benge
, Pinak A Shah
, Leo Yamaguchi
, Vanessa Elaine Josef

MountainView Hospital

Internal Medicine, Mountainview Hospital, Las Vegas, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.11656
State	Published - Nov 23 2020

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Pediatrics

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