Quadriparesis in an adult - Gitelman syndrome

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-184

  Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Qayyum, Mohsin ^a   Farooq, Fahd ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gitelman syndrome; Hypokalaemia; Hypomagnesaemia; Quadriparesis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SOLDIER; TENDON REFLEX; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE PH;

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ALKALOSIS; CALCIUM; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SPIRONOLACTONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251469751     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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