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Mutations in the chloride channel gene, CLCNKB, leading to a mixed Bartter-Gitelman phenotype.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 2000
Jeck N, Konrad M, Peters M, Weber S, Bonzel K E, Seyberth H W
Abstract excerpt
Gitelman syndrome is an inherited renal disorder characterized by impaired NaCl reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule and secondary hypokalemic alkalosis. In clinical practice, it is distinguished from other hypokalemic tubulopathies by the presence of both hypomagnesemia and normocalcemic hypocalciuria. To date, only mutations in a single gene encoding the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter have been...
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