Gitelman's not-so-benign syndrome [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 850-851

  Pachulski, Roman T ^a   Lopez, Fernando ^b   Sharaf, Rashid ^c  

^a Retina Associates of South Texas   (United States)

^b Alamo Heart Associates   (United States)

^c South Texas Genetics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMIODARONE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; RENIN; UREA; ELECTROLYTE;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; BARTTER SYNDROME; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; URINE;

ADULT; BARTTER SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 23944432422     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc051040     Document Type: Letter

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