@article{article_292428, title={Unusual suspects of secondary diabetes and growth retardation: Bartter and Gitelman syndrome}, journal={Medical Science and Discovery}, volume={4}, pages={18–22}, year={2017}, DOI={10.17546/msd.292428}, author={Sayiner, Zeynel Abidin and Okyar, Burak and Eraydin, Ayten and Ozkaya, Mesut}, keywords={Diabetes Mellitus,Bartter syndrome,Gitelman syndrome}, abstract={<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Bartter syndrome <span>  </span>and Gitelman syndrome <span>  </span>are rare autosomal recessive syndromes. In
extremely rare cases, GS may diagnosed with growth retardation and diabetes
mellitus. In this 3-case series, growth retardation was identified at 17-year
follow-up of our dizygotic twin patients diagnosed with BS and </span> <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">glucose metabolism disorder </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> was developed. <span>  </span>Whereas, 3 <sup>RD </sup>.
patient diagnosed with GS in adulthood period developed diabetes mellitus after
8 years follow up. Chronic hypopotassemia has been shown to cause diabetes
mellitus and growth retardation ın several articles. Potassium plays an
important role in insulin, IGF-1 and growth hormone cycle. Herein, we aimed to
draw attention to that, the presence of chronic hypopotassemia may precipitate
to diseases such as growth retardation and diabetes mellitus over time. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Zafer AKAN}