[Maternal Bartter syndrome and pregnancy].

The course of pregnancy, the parturition and postpartal period of a 19-year-old caucasian woman with Bartter syndrome was described. The pathogenesis, diagnosis, complications and the prenatal course of the autosomal recessive condition was also described by reviewing literary and own data. Analysis of amniotic fluid and ultrasound measurements showed unaffected fetus. The purpose of the paper was to summarize the suggested and recently applied prenatal care, maternal and fetal diagnostic and therapeutic measures in case of Bartter syndrome. Special emphasis was made on the prevention of fetal intrauterin growth retardation which frequently occurs in this condition.