Clinical and Genetic Features in 31 Serial Chinese Children With Gitelman Syndrome

• Main Authors: Lingxia Zhang (Author), Ke Huang (Author), Shugang Wang (Author), Haidong Fu (Author), Jingjing Wang (Author), Huijun Shen (Author), Zhihong Lu (Author), Junyi Chen (Author), Yu Bao (Author), Chunyue Feng (Author), Guanping Dong (Author), Jianhua Mao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gitelman syndrome (GS, OMIM 263800) is a genetic congenital tubulopathy associated with salt loss, which is characterized by hypokalemic metabolic toxicity, hypocalciuria, and hypomagnesemia. GS, which is typically detected in adolescence or adulthood, has long been considered a benign tubular lesio...