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Gitelman's syndrome with mental retardation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2006
Morita Rena, Takeuchi Kaoru, Nakamura Akinobu, Tajima Toshihiro, Kuroda Yoshihiko
Abstract excerpt
A 56-year-old mentally retarded Japanese woman (intelligence quotient: 49) was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaints of headache, dizziness, vomiting, and lower limb paralysis. Laboratory tests showed severe hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalciuria. These findings suggested a diagnosis of Gitelman's syndrome (GS). We examined the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (TSC)...
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