Hypokalaemia and failure to thrive: Report of a misleading onset

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 276-277

  Conti, Giovanni ^a   Vitale, Agata ^a   Tedeschi, Silvana ^b   Syrén, Marie Louise ^c   Pantano, Roberta ^a   Chimenz, Roberto ^a   Fede, Salvatore ^a   La Torre, Francesco ^a   Coviello, Domenico ^b   Fede, Carmelo ^a  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (South Africa)

^b Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bartter's syndrome; Gitelman's syndrome; Hyperaldosteronism; Hypokalaemia; Hypomagnesaemia; Metabolic alkalosis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; INDOMETACIN; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER;

ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BARTTER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HIGH POTASSIUM INTAKE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCIURIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PARESTHESIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BARTTER SYNDROME; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA;

EID: 77952568693     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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