[Gitelman´s syndrome as common cause of hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia].

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The Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and presence of hypocalciuria and hypomagnesemia. It is one of the most common congenital "salt-wasting" tubulo-pathies, where the impairment of function of the Na+-Cl- cotransporter (NCCT) in the distal convoluted tubule is primary and hypokalemia secondary. Hypomagnesemia is caused by the impairment of...

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