@article{ref1,
title="Maternal pseudo-bartter syndrome associated with severe perinatal brain injury",
journal="Indian pediatrics",
year="2017",
author="Vora, Shrenik and Ibrahim, Thowfique and Rajadurai, Victor Samuel",
volume="54",
number="9",
pages="771-773",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Maternal electrolyte imbalance is rarely reported as causative factor of severe perinatal brain injury. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: This case outlines a unique maternal and neonatal pseudo-Bartter syndrome presented with metabolic alkalosis and hypochloremia due to maternal severe vomiting. OBSERVATION: Neonatal MRI brain revealed extensive brain hemorrhages with porencephalic cysts. Subsequent investigation workup points towards maternal severe metabolic alkalosis as its cause. MESSAGE: Careful medical attention should be paid to pregnant women with excessive vomiting to ensure a healthy outcome for both the mother and the baby.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-6061",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}