A Case of Bicarbonate-losing Renal Tubular Acidosis with Defective Carboanhydrase Activity

R. A. Donckerwolcke, G J van Stekelenburg, Harm Tiddens

Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1970 · 38 citations · 19 references

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A girl of 20 months had primary proximal renal tubular acidosis with a lowered renal threshold for bicarbonate. There was no carboanhydrase inhibition after acetazolamide administration, suggesting that defective carboanhydrase activity may have been causative.

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