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Long-term Clinical Course after Living Kidney Donation by a Patient with Gitelman Syndrome Harboring a Compound Heterozygous Mutation of the SLC12A3 Gene.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 May 2021
Kamejima Sahoko, Yamamoto Izumi, Tajiri Akiko, Tanno Yudo, Ohkido Ichiro, Yokoo Takashi
Abstract excerpt
The eligibility for kidney donation and long-term post-donation renal prognosis of patients with Gitelman syndrome (GS) are unknown. We herein report a 44-year-old woman with GS who donated her kidney for transplant. A gene sequence analysis revealed compound heterozygous mutations of T180K and L858H in the SLC12A3 gene. Since transplantation, the renal function and serum potassium and magnesium levels of the...
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