Bartter syndrome
ORPHA:112· ICD-10 E26.8
Definition
Bartter syndrome is a group of rare renal tubular disease characterized by impaired salt reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop and clinically by the association of hypokalemic alkalosis, hypercalciuria/nephrocalcinosis, increased levels of plasma renin and aldosterone, low blood pressure and vascular resistance to angiotensin II.
- Prevalence
- Unknown
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
- Age of onset
- Adolescent, Adult, Antenatal, Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal