[An asymptomatic chronic hypokalaemia].

Abstract excerpt

We report the case of an asymptomatic patient presenting a severe chronic renal hypokalaemia. Once being sure of no diuretics use, two hypothesis can be mentioned for a normotensive patient presenting an hypokalaemia associated with a metabolic alcalosis: Bartter syndrome or Gitelman syndrome. The highlighting of low magnesaemia and hypocalciuria strongly concentrates the diagnosis on Gitelman syndrome. First,...

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• Bartter Syndrome
• Diuretics
• Gitelman Syndrome
• Hypokalemia
• Magnesium