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Diagnosis of a case of Gitelman's syndrome based on renal clearance studies and gene analysis of a novel mutation of the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Oct 2005
Kageyama K, Terui K, Shoji M, Tsutaya S, Matsuda E, Sakihara S, Nigawara T, Moriyama T, Yasujima M, Suda T
Abstract excerpt
Gitelman's syndrome is a recessively inherited renal tubular disorder characterized by low plasma potassium and magnesium levels, reduced calcium excretion, metabolic alkalosis, and increased plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration with normal blood pressure levels. A 23-yr-old...
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