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Clinical and analytical findings in Gitelman's syndrome associated with homozygosity for the c.1925 G>A SLC12A3 mutation.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2009
Coto Eliecer, Arriba Gabriel, García-Castro Mónica, Santos Fernando, Corao Ana I, Díaz Marta, Sánchez Heras Marta, Basterrechea María A, Tallón Serafín, Alvarez Victoria
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gitelman's syndrome (GS) is caused by mutations in the SLC12A3. Most of the mutations are rare, making it difficult to establish a genotype-phenotype correlation. Although GS is a recessive disorder, some patients also have an affected parent, suggesting a dominant inheritance. METHODS: We sequenced the 26 coding exons of SLC12A3 in a family in which the proband and her father had a late onset GS. We...
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