Bartter Syndrome

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Is a:

Disease or Syndrome

Definition:

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.

Synonyms:

Barter Disease
Barter's Disease
Barters Disease
Bartter Disease
Bartter's Disease
Bartters Disease
Disease, Barter
Disease, Barter's
Disease, Bartter
Disease, Bartter's
Syndrome, Bartter

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