Living with Gitelman disease: An insight into patients' daily experiences

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3196-3201

  Caiata Zufferey, Maria ^a,b   Zanini, Claudia A ^a   Schulz, Peter J ^a   Syrén, Marie Louise ^c,d   Bianchetti, Mario G ^e   Bettinelli, Alberto ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gitelman disease; hereditary disease; hypokalaemia; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864590876     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs017     Document Type: Article

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