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Mutation G47R in the BSND gene causes Bartter syndrome with deafness in two Spanish families.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 May 2006
García-Nieto Víctor, Flores Carlos, Luis-Yanes Maria I, Gallego Eduardo, Villar Jesús, Claverie-Martín Félix
Abstract excerpt
Bartter syndrome (BS) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive hypokalaemic salt-losing tubulopathies. Five types of BS caused by different genetic defects have been identified, and one of them is associated with sensorineural deafness (BSND). Mutations in the recently described BSND gene, mapped in chromosome 1p31, have been reported to be associated with BSND. This gene encodes barttin, an essential...
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