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Echocardiographic Findings of the Heart Resembling Dilated Cardiomyopathy During Hypokalemic Myopathy Due to Licorice-Induced Pseudoaldosteronism

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  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan

    Junichi Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Morisawa & Yosuke Kishimoto

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Saihaku Hospital, Tottori, Japan

    Yasuko Suyama & Toru Kinugawa

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Hasegawa, J., Suyama, Y., Kinugawa, T. et al. Echocardiographic Findings of the Heart Resembling Dilated Cardiomyopathy During Hypokalemic Myopathy Due to Licorice-Induced Pseudoaldosteronism. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 12, 599–600 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007708025567

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