Gitelman’s syndrome: An unusual cause of recurrent attack of quadriparesis

Gitelman’s syndrome,discovered in 1966 by gittleman,graham and welt,is an autosomal recessive renal tubular disorder and characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis,hypomagnesaemia,hypocalciuria.1this is a rare cause of hypokalemia which has an autosomal recessive inheritance. here we are reporting a case of a 35 years old lady presented with recurrent attacks of quadriparesis due to hypokalemia and pain in multiple joints. later we diagnosed the case as gitelman’s syndrome. © 2015,j medicine. all rights received.