Examination of the predicted prevalence of Gitelman syndrome by ethnicity based on genome databases

Abstract Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive inherited salt-losing tubulopathy. It has a prevalence of around 1 in 40,000 people, and heterozygous carriers are estimated at approximately 1%, although the exact prevalence is unknown. We estimated the predicted prevalence of Gitelman syndrome...

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Main Authors: Atsushi Kondo, China Nagano, Shinya Ishiko, Takashi Omori, Yuya Aoto, Rini Rossanti, Nana Sakakibara, Tomoko Horinouchi, Tomohiko Yamamura, Sadayuki Nagai, Eri Okada, Yuko Shima, Koichi Nakanishi, Takeshi Ninchoji, Hiroshi Kaito, Hiroki Takeda, Hiroaki Nagase, Naoya Morisada, Kazumoto Iijima, Kandai Nozu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95521-6