From bench to bedside: Diagnosis of Gitelman's syndrome - Defect of sodium-chloride cotransporter in renal tissue

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 813-817

  Jang, H R ^a   Lee, J W ^a   Oh, Y K ^a   Na, K Y ^a   Joo, K W ^a   Jeon, U S ^a   Cheong, H I ^a   Kim, J ^b   Han, J S ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; COTRANSPORTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FREE WATER CLEARANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HEMIPLEGIA; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCALCIURIA; HYPOKALEMIC ALKALOSIS; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALOSIS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; MAGNESIUM; MUTATION; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS; SYMPORTERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33747058458     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001694     Document Type: Article

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