[Gitelman syndrome: a rare cause of hypokalemia].
We report a case of hypokaliemia whose origin is a urinary potassium loss associated with syndrome of Gitelman. The syndrome of Gitelman is a rare familiar autosomal recessive nephropathy. We will discuss the pathophysiology of this syndrome and differential diagnoses.
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Service de Gastro-Entérologie, Département de Médecine interne, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège.
Philips
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Rorive
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Belaiche
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome
Le syndrome de Gitelman: une cause rare d'hypokaliémie.