Article
Hypercalciuria in familial hyperkalemia and hypertension with KLHL3 mutations.
Nephron - 1 Jan 2015
Mayan Haim, Carmon Vered, Oleinikov Kira, London Shira, Halevy Raphael, Holtzman Eliezer J, Tenenbaum-Rakover Yardena, Farfel Zvi, Hanukoglu Aaron
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hyperkalemia and hypertension (FHHt) is a rare genetic disorder manifested by hyperkalemia and early hypertension. Hypercalciuria is another accompanying feature. Mutations in WNK4 and WNK1 were found initially, and recently additional mutations were found in two genes, KLHL3 and CUL3, which are components of the Ubiquitin system. It was not reported whether these latter mutations are...
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