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 in | Research and science today Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 91 - 95 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 2247-4455 2285-9632 |
DOI: | 10.38173/RST.2021.21.1.8:91-95 |