BARTTER SYNDROME: A RARE RENAL TUBULOPATHY

BARTTER SYNDROME IS AN AUTOSOMAL RECESIVE DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES SUCH AS HYPOKALEMIA AND ELEVATED RENIN, ALDOSTERON LEVEL AND METABOLIC ALKALOSIS. THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATION SUCH AS ANOREXIA, CONSTIPATION, NAUSEA, MUSCULAR HYPOTONIA ARE DETERMINED BY HYPOKALEMIA. PROGNOSI...

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Published inResearch and science today Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 91 - 95
Main Authors GENUNCHE-DUMITRESCU, Amelia, Badea, Daniela, Marinas, Marius Cristian, Neagoe, Daniela, Tenea-Cojan, Tiberiu Stefanita, Badea, Aurelian-Adrian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Targu-Jiu Research and Science Today 01.04.2021
University Constantin Brancusi of Târgu-Jiu
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Summary:BARTTER SYNDROME IS AN AUTOSOMAL RECESIVE DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES SUCH AS HYPOKALEMIA AND ELEVATED RENIN, ALDOSTERON LEVEL AND METABOLIC ALKALOSIS. THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATION SUCH AS ANOREXIA, CONSTIPATION, NAUSEA, MUSCULAR HYPOTONIA ARE DETERMINED BY HYPOKALEMIA. PROGNOSIS IS GENERALLY GOOD WITH EARLY STABILIZATION OF METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES. LIFE LONG MEDICATION IS NEEDED IN THIS DISEASE.
ISSN:2247-4455
2285-9632
DOI:10.38173/RST.2021.21.1.8:91-95