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PROXIMAL RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS IN VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY RICKETS
Author(s) -
GUIGNARD J.P.,
TORRADO A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1973.tb08154.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rickets , renal tubular acidosis , acidosis , vitamin d deficiency , endocrinology , vitamin d and neurology , secondary hyperparathyroidism , distal renal tubular acidosis , calcium , parathyroid hormone
Summary An 8‐month‐old girl presented with classical vitamin D deficiency rickets, secondary hyper‐parathyroidism and hyperchloraemic acidosis. Renal acidification and bicarbonate titration studies showed the patient to have a proximal renal tubular acidosis. Rickets, secondary hy‐perparathyroidism and proximal tubular acidosis were corrected by administration of calcium and vitamin D. A causal relationship between hyperparathyroidism and renal proximal tubular acidosis is suggested.