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Case Reports
. 1993 Feb;7(1):67-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF00861573.

Long-term follow-up of a patient with Gitelman's syndrome

A Bettinelli  1 , M G Metta, A Perini, E Basilico, C Santeramo
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Case Reports

Long-term follow-up of a patient with Gitelman's syndrome

A Bettinelli et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 1993 Feb.

Abstract

The long-term follow-up (from age 6 to 20 years) of a girl with Gitelman's syndrome, who had four hypomagnesaemic-tetanic episodes associated with normal plasma calcium, hypokalemia and hypocalciuria, is presented. During and after puberty, hypomagnesaemia was of the order of 0.41-0.49 mmol/l and plasma potassium was at the lower reference limit. The long-term clinical course and growth of this patient appeared good, but, magnesium supplementation reduces the risk of tetanic crises.

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