Clinical and Genetic Characteristics in Patients With Gitelman Syndrome

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Introduction Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a tubulopathy exhibited by salt loss. GS cases are most often diagnosed by chance blood test. Aside from that, some cases are also diagnosed from tetanic symptoms associated with hypokalemia and/or hypomagnesemia or short stature. As for complications, thyroid dysfunction and short stature are known, but the incidence rates for these complications have not yet been...

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