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Lung symptoms in pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 are associated with deficiency of the alpha-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 1999
Schaedel C, Marthinsen L, Kristoffersson A C, Kornfält R, Nilsson K O, Orlenius B, Holmberg L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study patients with autosomal recessive pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 and to relate pulmonary disease to gene mutations of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). STUDY DESIGN: Clinical and laboratory data were collected from 4 Swedish patients with pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1. The genes for ENaC and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator were analyzed for mutations with methods...
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