Failure to thrive, can this be Bartter's syndrome?
JDUHS-Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences. 2011; 5 (1): 37-40
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ABSTRACT
A case series of four children, of different age groups, having complaints of polyuria and failure to thrive. These cases include two infants, a toddler and a child and investigations revealed that they had hyponatremia, hypokalemia, hyperchloremia and metabolic alkalosis, leading to a diagnosis of Bartters syndrome. Two of the patients also had hypomagnesemia. All the children were put on treatment for Bartter's Syndrome, and they responded well but unfortunately one of them was lost to follow-up
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IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Poliúria
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Síndrome de Bartter
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Alcalose
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Insuficiência de Crescimento
Tipo de estudo:
Relato de Casos
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Lactente
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. Dow Univ. Health Sci.
Ano de publicação:
2011
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