An infant with failure to thrive, hypeension, metabolic acidosis and hyperkalemia presents to a clinician. Most probable cause is?
Correct Answer: Gordon syndrome
Description: Out of the given causes, hyperkalemia is seen only in Gordon syndrome or familial hyperkalemic hypeension Liddle syndrome: hypeension, hypokalemia & metabolic alkalosis Gitelman's syndrome: hypokalemia & metabolic alkalosis Bater's syndrome: hypokalemia, hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, hypercalciuria with nephrocalcinosis.
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