Hypokalemic paralysis due to Gitelman syndrome: A family study

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1080-1082

  Ng, H Y ^a   Lin, S H ^b   Hsu, C Y ^c   Tsai, Y Z ^a   Chen, H C ^c   Lee, C T ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INHERITANCE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MUTATION; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33748998450     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000237527.27595.87     Document Type: Article

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