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Two Cases of Gitelman's Syndrome Diagnosed by Renal Clearance Study  

Kim, Tae Hwa (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Kim, Seung Jun (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Seo, Yu Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Shim, Jung-Yeon (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Jung, Hye Lim (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Park, Moon Soo (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Kum, Dong Hyuk (Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.45, no.3, 2002 , pp. 413-417 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gitelman's syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalciuria that has recently been reported to be linked to thiazide- sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter gene mutation. In this study, we performed renal clearance studies to differentiate Gitelman's from Bartter's syndrome and to confirm the diagnosis in two patients clinically diagnosed with Gitelman's syndrome. Each patient was hydrated by 20 mL/kg body weight of oral water within 30 minutes, which was followed by intravenous half saline. When urinary flow reached 10 mL/min, samples of urine and serum were obtained to calculate the osmolar clearance, free water clearance, chloride clearance, and distal fractional chloride reabsorption. Subsequently, furosemide or hydrochlorothiazide was administered. Samples were collected and the same parameters were calculated. In our patients, chloride clearance was increased more than 10 times after furosemide administration(2.1 : 25.7 and 2.2 : 27.4 mL/min/100 mL GFR), but not increased after hydrochlorothiazide treatment(2.1 : 1.6 and 2.2 : 2.6 mL/min/100 mL GFR). And the distal fractional chloride reabsorption was significantly decreased by furosemide injection (73% : 15% and 75% : 4.6%), whereas hydrochlorothiazide had no effect on it(73% : 63% and 75% : 78%). These findings indicate that our patients have a defect in thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter in the distal tubule, which is compatible with the pathophysiology of Gitelman's syndrome.
Keywords
Gitelman's syndrome; Renal Clearance Study Gitelman;
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