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Hyperkalemic cardiac arrhythmia resulting from short-term ingestion of potassium citrate for the management of ureter stones

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  1. Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, #149 Sangil-Dong, Gangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-727, Korea

    Seung-Kwon Choi, Koo Han Yoo, Dong-Gi Lee, Gyeong Eun Min & Hyung-Lae Lee

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    Yang-Gyun Kim

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Choi, SK., Kim, YG., Yoo, K.H. et al. Hyperkalemic cardiac arrhythmia resulting from short-term ingestion of potassium citrate for the management of ureter stones. Urolithiasis 44, 283–284 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-015-0821-1

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