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A compound heterozygous mutation in the BSND gene detected in Bartter syndrome type IV.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Feb 2006
Kitanaka Sachiko, Sato Utako, Maruyama Kenichi, Igarashi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Bartter syndrome is a genetic disorder with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and is classified into five types. Type IV Bartter syndrome is a type of neonatal Bartter syndrome with sensorineural deafness and has been recently shown to be caused by mutations in the BSND gene. Owing to the rarity of this disease, only a limited number of mutations have been reported. We analyzed the BSND gene in a patient with type...
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