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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Familial renal tubular acidosis: Report of two cases from a single family
Alina Naeem1, Mahmoud Ahmed Kiblawi2, Subhranshu Sekhar Kar1, Elham Ahmed1, Sheriff Mossad3, BK Manjunatha Goud4
1 Department of Pediatrics, RAK College of Medical Sciences, Ras-al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
2 Department of Medicine, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3 Department of Pediatrics, Saqr Hospital, Ras-al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
4 Department of Biochemistry, RAK College of Medical Sciences, Ras-al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Correspondence Address:
Subhranshu Sekhar Kar
Department of Pediatrics, Room No. 211, RAK College of Medical Sciences, Ras-al-Khaimah
United Arab Emirates
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DOI: 10.4103/0331-3131.163334
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Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a disease that occurs when the kidneys fail to excrete acids into the urine, as a result of which the person's blood remains very acidic. Without proper treatment, chronic acidity of the blood leads to chronic kidney disease, kidney stones, metabolic bone disease, and growth failure. These are relatively rare inherited renal tubular disorders. We report two cases from a single family with distal RTA (dRTA) or Type 1 RTA presenting with varied clinical manifestations. Sensorineural deafness, which is rarely associated with dRTA, was present in the elder sibling. |
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