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Bartter syndrome and growth hormone deficiency: three cases
- Source :
- Pediatric Nephrology. 27:2145-2148
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2012.
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Abstract
- Bartter syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypokalemia, salt loss, and metabolic alkalosis. Short stature is one of the clinical manifestations in these children. Although polyuria, polydipsia, hypokalemia, and salt loss may be responsible for growth retardation, the exact pathogenesis of short stature in Bartter syndrome is not known.In this study, we present three children diagnosed as having Bartter syndrome with short stature and growth hormone (GH) deficiency. After recombinant human growth hormone therapy (rhGH), their growth velocities were improved.These results indicate that GH deficiency may contribute to short stature in children with Bartter syndrome, and rhGH therapy would be an excellent adjunctive treatment for short children with this syndrome whose condition is resistant to conventional therapies in terms of growth.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Alkalosis
endocrine system diseases
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Metabolic alkalosis
urologic and male genital diseases
Bartter syndrome
Short stature
Growth hormone deficiency
Polyuria
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Child
Growth Disorders
Human Growth Hormone
business.industry
Bartter Syndrome
nutritional and metabolic diseases
medicine.disease
Body Height
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Hypokalemia
Phenotype
Treatment Outcome
Endocrinology
Nephrology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Polydipsia
Biomarkers
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1432198X and 0931041X
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43bb6f79e6b3d44e1307dca03f7a2a0b