Gitelman's Not-So-Benign Syndrome
- 25 August 2005
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 353 (8) , 850-851
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc051040
Abstract
Gitelman's syndrome, or congenital hypokalemic hypomagnesemic hypocalciuria with metabolic alkalosis, is widely described as a benign1 or milder2 variant of Bartter's syndrome. Despite symptoms including presyncope, vertigo, ataxia, and blurred vision, few data have been accumulated regarding formal cardiac evaluation for patients with Gitelman's syndrome.3Keywords
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