Bartter Syndrome: Perspectives of a Pediatric Nephrologist

Bartter syndrome (BS) is one of the most well-known hereditary tubular disor-ders, characterized by hypokalemic, hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, and polyuria/ polydipsia. This disease usually presents before or during infancy, and adult nephrologists often inherit the patients from pediatric neph...

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Published in:Electrolyte & blood pressure : E & BP 2022, Vol.20 (2), p.49
Main Authors: Naye Choi, Hee Gyung Kang
Format: Article
Language:Korean
Subjects:
Bartter syndrome
Hypokalemia
Inherited tubulopathy
Salt-losing tubulopathy
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Summary:Bartter syndrome (BS) is one of the most well-known hereditary tubular disor-ders, characterized by hypokalemic, hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, and polyuria/ polydipsia. This disease usually presents before or during infancy, and adult nephrologists often inherit the patients from pediatric nephrologists since this is a life-long condition. Here, a few case scenarios will be presented to recount how they first got diagnosed and how their clinical courses were during childhood until adulthood, in addition to a brief review of the disease and its treatment.
ISSN:1738-5997
2092-9935