Familial pseudohyperkalemia: A rare syndrome, but diverse genetic heterogeneity

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 781-782

  Kitamura, Kenichiro ^a   Tomita, Kimio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial pseudohyperkalemia; Hereditary stomatocytoses

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

CHROMOSOME 16; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; FAMILIAL PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STOMATOCYTOSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; ION TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM; SYNDROME;

EID: 24644441061     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.781     Document Type: Editorial

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