An Unusual Case of Metabolic Alkalosis: A Window Into the Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of This Common Acid-Base Disturbance

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1130-1135

  Gennari, F John ^a   Hussain Khan, Sarah ^a   Segal, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apparent mineralocorticoid excess; chloride depletion; collecting duct; epithelial sodium channel (ENaC); hypokalemia; Liddle syndrome; Metabolic alkalosis; mineralocorticoid excess; renal hydrogen ion secretion; renal potassium secretion; renal sodium transport

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIDDLE SYNDROME; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ALKALOSIS; ELECTROLYTES; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIDDLE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952552353     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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