Etiology, Assessment and Management of WDHA (Watery Diarrhea, Hypokalemia, and Achlorhydria) and VIPoma
Mohammed Salah Hussein, RIdha A. Bdulmohsen Al Shaqaqiq, Khaled Mubarak Aldhuaina, Azhar Abdullah Al-qattan, Salwah Mohammed Qaysi, Abdulrahman Mubarak Almutairi, Turki Bjad Bensgayan, Nada Essa Al Essa, Fahad Mohammed Albaqami, Fawaz Abduljabbar ALDoohan, Afnan Abdullah Obeed aljohani & Yousef Naif Alobaywi · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2021
The syndrome of watery diarrhoea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria (WDHA syndrome) is an uncommon disorder marked by severe, watery diarrhoea caused by non–beta pancreatic islet cell oversecretion of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). The onset of the disease is gradual, and diagn...