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19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

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Eposter Presentations: Calcium and Bone

Developmental endocrinology

ea0049ep343 | Developmental endocrinology | ECE2017

Adolescent onset distal renal tubular acidosis presenting with significant growth retardation without rickets

Roy Sagarjyoti , Banik Sandipan , Maisnam Indira , Ray Aniruddha , Mukherjee Apurba Kumar

Introduction: Distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) can have varied presentation. Onset in infancy is usually severe. However, adolescent onset has variable presentation ranging from hypokalemia to nephrocalcinosis, and rarely with rickets or growth retardation. We describe a girl with distal RTA presenting with hypokalemia and growth retardation.Case: 12 year old girl presented with recurrent episodes of weakness of all four limbs and failure to gain heig...