Original investigation: pathogenesis and treatment of kidney disease and hypertensionIntrafamilial phenotype variability in patients with Gitelman syndrome having the same mutations in their thiazide-sensitive sodium/chloride cotransporter
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Subjects
The pedigrees of 2 Chinese families are shown in Fig 1, Fig 2. In both families, the proband was male. Their current ages are 29 and 23, respectively. Seven additional members of the first family (aged from 7 to 58) and 3 additional members of the second family (aged from 21 to 54) were also evaluated including clinical symptoms and signs, biochemical features, and molecular analysis for NCC and CLCNKB mutation. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Studies at
Clinical symptoms
Clinical symptoms included general, musculoskeletal, renal, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and neurologic aspects as previously described.13 In the general symptom category, there was fatigue, dizziness, fainting, and exercise intolerance. Musculoskeletal symptoms included weakness, muscle stiffness or pain, muscle cramp, carpopedal spasm/tetany, and paralysis. Renal symptoms included nocturia, polyuria, polydipsia, thirst, enuresis, and salt craving. Gastrointestinal symptoms included
Clinical symptoms
As shown in Table 1, the initial presentation in the proband of the first family was characterized by progressive muscle weakness including several episodes of paralysis beginning at age 12. He denied nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, heart palpitations, heat intolerance, excessive perspiration, and changes in bowel habits. He did not take laxatives or diuretics, nor did he abuse alcohol or street drugs. His other clinical symptoms included fatigue, dizziness, carpopedal spasm/tetany, nocturia,
Discussion
The clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics in the 2 apparently unrelated Chinese families who have 2 novel NCC mutations (S710stop and 2881–2delAG) are described. Affected female patients appear to have findings consistent with a clinical diagnosis of GS. They were virtually asymptomatic on presentation. In contrast, affected male patients appear to have findings consistent with a clinical diagnosis of BS. They were very symptomatic on presentation as teenagers with severe
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