A Rare Cause of Hypokalemia: Gitelman Syndrome
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Mehmet Ali Eren 1, Suzan Tabur 1, Burcu Sezgin 1, Tevfik Sabuncu 1
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1 Harran University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Abstract

Gitelman syndrome is a rare, inherited disorder. Hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria are the characteristic abnormalities of this syndrome. This syndrome can lead to growth retardation and to rarely serious complications such as paralysis and cardiac arrest. Therefore, early recognition and treatment are important. In this paper we reported a young adulthood with classic Gitelman syndrome. Electrolyte imbalances were resolved with treatment; however, further growth wasn’t achieved since the epiphyses of the patients had been closed.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2011, 154-156

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82719

Publication date: 11 Apr 2011

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