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Identification of novel mutations in Na-Cl cotransporter gene in a Korean patient with atypical Gitelman's syndrome.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Dec 2003
Yoo Tae-Hyun, Lee Sang-Ho, Yoon KyungSik, Baek HaengWoon, Chung Joo-Ho, Lee TaeWon, Ihm ChunGyoo, Kim MyungJae
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The authors report the case of a 20-year-old man with unexplained hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis suggesting hypokalemic tubulopathy. Interestingly, he showed a mixed phenotype of Gitelman's syndrome (GS) and Bartter's syndrome, which includes normomagnesemia, normal renal magnesium excretion, and hypocalciuria. Renal clearance study showed the presence of a critical defect in the distal nephron rather than...
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