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Dangerous sweets: severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis and tetraparesis from chronic consumption of licorice

Authors: Matthias Wittstock, Allessandro Mele, Daniel Cantré, Alexander Storch

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 2/2021

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Title: Dangerous sweets: severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis and tetraparesis from chronic consumption of licorice
Authors: Matthias Wittstock
Allessandro Mele
Daniel Cantré
Alexander Storch
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Tetraparesis
Hypokalemia
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-10347-y

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