title: Distal renal tubular acidosis associated with Sjogren syndrome.
abstract: Renal tubular acidosis is a common cause of normal anion gap metabolic acidosis but these disorders can be easily missed or misdiagnosed. We highlight the approach to assessing renal tubular acidosis by discussing a case study with a temporal data set collected over more than 5 weeks. We highlight the principles and the necessary information required for a diagnosis of classic distal renal tubular acidosis. We also briefly review several aspects of type 1 renal tubular acidosis related to autoimmune disease, drugs and thyroid disorders.
authors: Department of Nephrology and Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of General Medicine, Dandenong Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: A K H
authors: AK
authors: Lim
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Choi
mesh_terms: D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Sjogren's syndrome.; hypokalaemia; renal tubular acidosis; transtubular potassium gradient; urine anion gap; urine osmolal gap