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Bartter syndrome type III and congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract: an antenatal presentation.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Dec 2012
Westland Rik, Hack Wilfried W, van der Horst Henricus J R, Uittenbogaard Lukas B, van Hagen Johanna M, van der Valk Paul, Kamsteeg Erik J, van den Heuvel Lambert P, van Wijk Joanna A E
Abstract excerpt
Bartter syndrome encompasses a variety of inheritable renal tubular transport disorders characterized by hypokalemia and hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis. Bartter syndrome Type III is caused by genetic alterations in the chloride channel kidney B (CLCNKB) gene and often presents in the first 2 years of life, known as classic Bartter syndrome. However, in rare cases Bartter syndrome Type III has an antenatal...
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