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Phenotype-genotype correlation in antenatal and neonatal variants of Bartter syndrome.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 May 2009
Brochard Karine, Boyer Olivia, Blanchard Anne, Loirat Chantal, Niaudet Patrick, Macher Marie-Alice, Deschenes Georges, Bensman Albert, Decramer Stéphane, Cochat Pierre, Morin Denis, Broux Françoise, Caillez Mathilde, Guyot Claude, Novo Robert, Jeunemaître Xavier, Vargas-Poussou Rosa
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BACKGROUND: Ante/neonatal Bartter syndrome (BS) is a hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy due to mutations in genes encoding proteins involved in NaCl reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. Our aim was to study the frequency, clinical characteristics and outcome of each genetic subtype. METHODS: Charts of 42 children with mutations in KCNJ1 (n = 19), SLC12A1 (n = 13) CLCNKB (n = 6) or BSND (n =...
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