165 Received June 3, 2013; revised and accepted September 30, 2013. Published online October 25, 2013; doi: 10.1620/tjem.231.165. Correspondence: Jin Suk Han, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yeongeon-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. e-mail: [email protected] Gitelman’s Syndrome with Vomiting Manifested by Severe Metabolic Alkalosis and Pr...

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