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A NOVEL COMPOUND HETEROZYGOUS VARIANT OF SLC12A3 GENE IN A PEDIGREE WITH GITELMAN SYNDROME CO-EXISTENT WITH THYROID DYSFUNCTION.
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 2 Oct 2018
Liu Simo, Ke Jing, Zhang Baoyu, Yu Caiguo, Feng Yingmei, Zhao Dong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by salt wasting and hypokalemia resulting from mutations in the SLC12A3 (solute carrier family 12 member 3) gene, which encodes the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter. To date, more than 488 mutations of the SLC12A3 gene have been discovered in patients with GS. In this study, we reported a GS pedigree complicated by...
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