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Postgrad Med J 1993;69:791-796 doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.816.791
  • Research Article

Bartter's syndrome in two generations of an Irish family.

  1. P. Crowe,
  2. A. Ahmad,
  3. K. O'Byrne,
  4. M. J. Cullen
  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

      Abstract

      We report four cases of Bartter's syndrome in two consecutive generations of an Irish family. Diagnoses were made on the basis of characteristic clinical features, blood and urine biochemistry with additional evidence from renal biopsy in one case. The aetiology, treatment and inheritance of the syndrome are discussed.

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