Herbal Medicine Containing Licorice May Be Contraindicated for a Patient with an <i>HSD11B2</i> Mutation

<table>Schematic drawing of the pathogenesis of the patient. The patient was heterozygous for a mutation in <i>HSD11B2</i> (“normal/mutant" alleles in the figure), suggesting that her 11<i>β</i>HSD2 enzyme activity in the kidney was reduced. Without licorice loading, she was able to keep her healthy condition. However, with licorice loading, she showed serious hypertension.</table>

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Figure 3: Herbal Medicine Containing Licorice May Be Contraindicated for a Patient with an <i>HSD11B2</i> Mutation 

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Herbal Medicine Containing Licorice May Be Contraindicated for a Patient with an HSD11B2 Mutation

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