Schumacher J D, Schmid L, Waldburger M
Service de rhumatologie, médecine physique et réhabilitation, Hôpital cantonal, Fribourg.
Praxis (Bern 1994). 1996 Apr 16;85(16):517-9.
A patient presenting with acute left-knee arthritis was diagnosed as having articular chondrocalcinosis. Routine laboratory tests motivated by a history of muscular cramps and weakness revealed hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. Further investigations showed Bartter's syndrome. The characteristics of Bartter's syndrome and chondrocalcinosis and the relationship between the two diseases are developed.