Bartter syndrome

Bartter syndrome
Other names	Salt-wasting nephropathy[1]
Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply.
Specialty	Endocrinology

Bartter syndrome (BS) is a rare inherited disease characterised by a defect in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle, which results in low potassium levels (hypokalemia),^[2] increased blood pH (alkalosis), and normal to low blood pressure. There are two types of Bartter syndrome: neonatal and classic. A closely associated disorder, Gitelman syndrome, is milder than both subtypes of Bartter syndrome.^{[citation needed]}