Familiar association of Gitelman's syndrome and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease - A case report [2]

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1506-1508

  Volpe, A ^c   Caramaschi, P ^c   Thalheimer, U ^a   Fava, C ^b   Ravagnani, V ^c   Bambara, L M ^c   Biasi, D ^c  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^b Section of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^c G B ROSSI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BARTTER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HYPOCALCIURIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIBLING; TETANY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548213744     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem184     Document Type: Letter

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