title: [Hypokalemic pareses secondary to renal tubular acidosis].
abstract: A 24 year old woman presented with flaccid paralysis, severe hypokalaemia and hyperchloremia, metabolic acidosis. Immunological tests and labial glandular biopsy indicated primary Sjögren's syndrome as the underlying cause of her distal renal tubular acidosis. The patient recovered after alkali and potassium substitution and was put on oral treatment with potassium citrate.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling Sentralsjukehuset i Rogaland, Stavanger.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Gøransson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Apeland
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Omdal
mesh_terms: D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020513:Paralysis, Hyperkalemic Periodic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D019357:Potassium Citrate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D019357:Potassium Citrate