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Type IV Bartter syndrome: report of two new cases.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2006
Zaffanello Marco, Taranta Anna, Palma Alessia, Bettinelli Alberto, Marseglia Gian Luigi, Emma Francesco
Abstract excerpt
Bartter syndrome with sensorineural deafness (type IV Bartter syndrome) is a subtype of this tubular disease, and is due to mutations in the BSND gene. Out of a population of 92 patients with Bartter syndrome, five suffered from mild to severe hypoacusia and were selected for mutational screening. A homozygous mutation in the BSND gene was found in two female patients. The first patient was found to have a...
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