A woman with red eyes and hypokalemia: A case of acquired Gitelman syndrome

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 239-242

  Schwarz, Christoph ^a   Barisani, Talin ^a   Bauer, Edith ^a   Druml, Wilfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Gitelman syndrome; Hypokalemia; Renal tubular dysfunction; Sj gren syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCALCIURIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

BARTTER SYNDROME; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; KERATITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME;

EID: 33745762315     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0559-4     Document Type: Article

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