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Gitelman syndrome with normocalciuria - a case report.
BMC nephrology - 4 May 2022
Flisiński Mariusz, Skalska Ewa, Mączyńska Barbara, Butt-Hussaim Natalia, Sobczyńska-Tomaszewska Agnieszka, Haus Olga, Manitius Jacek
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gitelman Syndrome (GS) is a hereditary tubulopathy associated with a biallelic inactivating mutations of the SLC12A3 gene encoding the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCCT). The typical clinical manifestation is a hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with significant hypomagnesemia, and low urinary calcium excretion. Hypocalciuria is widely believed to be a hallmark of GS that...
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