Bartter Syndrome |
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| Barter Disease; Barter's Disease; Bartter Disease; Bartter's Disease; Barters Disease; Bartters Disease; Disease, Barter; Disease, Barter's; Disease, Bartter; Disease, Bartter's; Syndrome, Bartter | |
| A group of disorders caused by the defective salt reabsorption in the ascending LOOP OF HENLE. It is characterized by severe salt-wasting, HYPOKALEMIA, hypercalciuria, metabolic ALKALOSIS, and hyper-reninemic HYPERALDOSTERONISM without HYPERTENSION. There are several subtypes resulting from mutations of autosomal recessive genes for SODIUM-POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTERS. | |