Does hypokalaemia cause nephropathy? An observational study of renal function in patients with bartter or gitelman syndrome

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 939-944

  Walsh, S B ^a   Unwin, E ^b   Vargas Poussou, R ^b   Houillier, P ^b   Unwin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CREATININE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARTTER SYNDROME; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GITELMAN SYNDROME; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM EXCRETION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84155179289     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr095     Document Type: Article

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