Medical Definition of Renal tubular acidosis
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A rare sometimes familial disorder of the renal tubule characterised by the inability to excrete urine of normal acidity.
This leads to a hyperchloraemic acidosis which is often associated with one or more secondary complications such as hypercalcinuria with nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis, rickets, or osteomalacia and severe potassium depletion.
(25 Jun 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renal Tubular Acidosis
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