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Functional confirmation of Gitelman's syndrome mutations in Japanese.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Oct 2005
Naraba Hiroaki, Kokubo Yoshihiro, Tomoike Hitonobu, Iwai Naoharu
Abstract excerpt
Gitelman's syndrome is an autosomal recessive inherited renal tubular disorder resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter gene (SLC12A3). We have previously reported that the combined allele frequency for the reported Gitelman's syndrome mutations is 0.0321. However, almost all of the reported Gitelman's syndrome mutations were from case reports without...
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