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Distal renal tubular acidosis as presenting manifestation of Wilson disease in a 11-year-old girl.
CEN case reports - 1 Apr 2024
Saiteja Paraselli, Krishnamurthy Sriram, Deepthi Bobbity, Krishnasamy Sudarsan, Sravani Madhileti
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A 11-year-old girl was referred to the pediatric nephrology services of our hospital for evaluation of vitamin-D-refractory rickets. She was born to second-degree consanguineous parents. On examination, she had wrist widening and bilateral genu varum. She had normal anion gap metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, and hyperchloremia. The fractional excretion of bicarbonate was 3% and the urine anion gap was positive....
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