Pseudo-Bartter syndrome in diuretics abuse

Marty, H.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 115(7): 250-252

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672
PMID: 3885386
Document Number: 253737
In a 45-year-old woman with chronic hypokalemia, clinical, chemical and endocrinological results pointed to Bartter's syndrome as cause of the disturbance. By screening the patient's urine twice, positive results for furosemide were obtained and we came to the conclusion, that the patient was suffering from Pseudo-Bartter's syndrome due to chronic abuse of diuretics.

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