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A distal renal tubular acidosis showing hyperammonemia and hyperlactacidemia.
La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Ripoli C, Pinna A, Marras S, Fenu M L, Nurchi A M
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INTRODUCTION: distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) presents itself with variable clinical manifestations and often with late expressions that impact on prognosis. CASE REPORT: A 45-day-old male infant was admitted with stopping growth, difficult feeding and vomiting after meals. Clinical tests and labs revealed a type 1 renal tubular acidosis, even if the first blood tests showed ammonium and lactate increase. We...
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