SLC12A3 and Gerstmann syndrome: The genetic transmission of GS has an autosomal genetic inheritance whichinvolves a mutationof the SLC12A3 gene (Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 3),which encodes the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride co-transporter located inthe apical membrane of the cell in the first segment of the distal convolutedtubule (DCT) [1, 4].