Clinical and Genetic Characteristics in Patients With Gitelman Syndrome

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...

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Main Authors: Junya Fujimura, Kandai Nozu, Tomohiko Yamamura, Shogo Minamikawa, Keita Nakanishi, Tomoko Horinouchi, China Nagano, Nana Sakakibara, Koichi Nakanishi, Yuko Shima, Kenichi Miyako, Yoshimi Nozu, Naoya Morisada, Hiroaki Nagase, Takeshi Ninchoji, Hiroshi Kaito, Kazumoto Iijima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024918302158