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, hypokalaemia 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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Bettinelli, A., Metta, M.G., Perini, A. et al. Long-term follow-up of a patient with Gitelman's syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 7, 67–68 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00861573
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