Gitelman's syndrome: a pathophysiological and clinical update.

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Gitelman's syndrome (GS), also known as familial hypokalemic hypomagnesemia, is a rare autosomal recessive hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy, characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalciuria, which is usually caused by mutations in the SLC12A3 gene encoding the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride contrasporter. Because 18-40% of suspected GS patients carry only one SLC12A3...

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