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Tropical distal renal tubular acidosis: clinical and epidemiological studies in 78 patients.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Sept 2012
Khositseth S, Bruce L J, Walsh S B, Bawazir W M, Ogle G D, Unwin R J, Thong M-K, Sinha R, Choo K E, Chartapisak W, Kingwatanakul P, Sumboonnanonda A, Vasuvattakul S, Yenchitsomanus P, Wrong O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) caused by mutations of the SLC4A1 gene encoding the erythroid and kidney isoforms of anion exchanger 1 (AE1 or band 3) has a high prevalence in some tropical countries, particularly Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Here the disease is almost invariably recessive and can result from either homozygous or compound heterozygous SLC4A1...
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