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[Bartter's syndrome].
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego - 1 May 2004
Daniluk Urszula, Kaczmarski Maciej, Wasilewska Jolanta, Matuszewska Elzbieta, Semeniuk Janusz, Sidor Katarzyna, Krasnow Aleksander
Abstract excerpt
Bartter syndrome is an uncommon tubular disorder inherited as an autosomal recessive entity. It is associated with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with high renin and aldosterone plasma concentration with low or normal blood pressure. Recent studies have demonstrated genetic heterogeneity in Bartter syndrome. Mutations of two genes encoding the Na/K/2Cl cotransporter and potassium channel ROMK are responsible for...
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