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Bartter's and Gitelman's syndromes: from gene to clinic.
Nephron. Physiology - 1 Jan 2004
Naesens Maarten, Steels Paul, Verberckmoes René, Vanrenterghem Yves, Kuypers Dirk
Abstract excerpt
Bartter's and Gitelman's syndromes are characterized by hypokalemia, normal to low blood pressure and hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis. Recently, investigators have been able to demonstrate mutations of six genes encoding several renal tubular transporters and ion channels that can be held responsible for Bartter's and Gitelman's syndromes. Neonatal Bartter's syndrome is caused by mutations of NKCC2 or ROMK,...
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