Barter Syndrome classification
- Bartter Syndrome can be classified into four different types based on severity,genotype and age of onset.[1]
- Bartter syndrome type 1
- Bartter syndrome type 2
- Bartter syndrome type 3
- Bartter syndrome type 4
- Bartter syndrome types 1, 2, and 4 present at a younger age. They present with symptoms, often quite severe in the neonatal period.
- Bartter Syndrome type 3 also called classic Bartter Syndrome present later in life and maybe sporadically asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fremont OT, Chan JC (2012). "Understanding Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome". World J Pediatr. 8 (1): 25–30. doi:10.1007/s12519-012-0333-9. PMID 22282380.