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Hypokalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis.
Advances in chronic kidney disease - 1 Jul 2018
Vallés Patricia G, Batlle Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Distal renal tubular acidosis (DRTA) is defined as hyperchloremic, non-anion gap metabolic acidosis with impaired urinary acid excretion in the presence of a normal or moderately reduced glomerular filtration rate. Failure in urinary acid excretion results from reduced H+ secretion by intercalated cells in the distal nephron. This results in decreased excretion of NH4+ and other acids collectively referred as...
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