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Bartter syndrome epidemiology and demographics

Main article: Bartter syndrome

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Tayyaba Ali, M.D.[2]

Overview

Overview

The prevalence of Barter Syndrome is approximately 1 in 1,000,000 individuals. The annual incidence of the syndrome has been estimated at 1.2 per million people. According to a review of twenty-eight patients with Bartter syndrome during the years 1964-1986 who were followed for an average of 10 years, their mean age at the time of diagnosis was 32.9 years. These patients were observed to have short stature than normal subjects.

Epidemiology and Demographics

Epidemiology and Demographics

Prevalence

  • The prevalence of Barter syndrome is approximately 1 in 1,000,000 individuals.[1]
  • Bartter syndrome is a result of mutations that disable the function of NA-K-Cl channels. This condition leads to prenatal or neonatal death before it can be diagnosed and therefore has a lower prevalence.[1]

Incidence

  • The annual incidence of the syndrome has been estimated at 1.2 per million people.[2]

Age

  • According to a review of twenty-eight patients with Bartter syndrome during the years 1964-1986 who were followed for an average of 10 years, their mean age at the time of diagnosis was 32.9 years. These patients were observed to have short stature than normal subjects.[2]
References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ji W, Foo JN, O’Roak BJ, Zhao H, Larson MG, Simon DB; et al. (2008). “Rare independent mutations in renal salt handling genes contribute to blood pressure variation”. Nat Genet. 40 (5): 592–599. doi:10.1038/ng.118. PMC 3766631. PMID 18391953.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rudin A (1988). “Bartter’s syndrome. A review of 28 patients followed for 10 years”. Acta Med Scand. 224 (2): 165–71. PMID 3421146.


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