The biochemical diagnosis of Gitelman disease and the definition of "hypocalciuria"

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 409-411

  Bianchetti, Mario G ^a,b   Edefonti, Alberto ^a   Bettinelli, Alberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gitelman disease; Hypocalciuria

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCALCIURIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; TETANY; VOMITING;

EID: 0038419812     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1084-6     Document Type: Editorial

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