Dent's Disease - Symptoms

Symptoms

Dent's disease often produces symptoms of:

  • Extreme thirst combined with dehydration, which leads to frequent urination
  • Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones)
  • Hypercalciuria (high urine calcium - >300 mg/d or >4 mg/kg per d) with normal levels blood/serum calcium)

Dent's disease may also be associated with:

  • Aminoaciduria (amino acids in urine)
  • Phosphaturia (phosphate in urine)
  • Glycosuria (glucose in urine)
  • Kaliuresis (potassium in urine)
  • Hyperuricosuria (excessive amounts of uric acid in the urine)
  • Impaired urinary acidification
  • Rickets

In a study of 25 patients with Dent's disease, 9 of 15 men, and one of 10 women suffered end-stage renal failure by the age of 47.

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