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... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Kidney Diseases > Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors > Acidosis, Renal Tubular
... > Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Kidney Diseases > Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors > Acidosis, Renal Tubular
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors > Acidosis, Renal Tubular
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors > Acidosis, Renal Tubular
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Acid-Base Imbalance > Acidosis > Acidosis, Renal Tubular

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Acidosis, Renal Tubular  

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  • Renal Tubular Acidosis

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  • A group of genetic disorders of the KIDNEY TUBULES characterized by the accumulation of metabolically produced acids with elevated plasma chloride, hyperchloremic metabolic ACIDOSIS. Defective renal acidification of URINE (proximal tubules) or low renal acid excretion (distal tubules) can lead to complications such as HYPOKALEMIA, hypercalcinuria with NEPHROLITHIASIS and NEPHROCALCINOSIS, and RICKETS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000141

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