Hyperammonaemia in a child with distal renal tubular acidosis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1645-1647

  Seracini, D ^a   Poggi, G M ^a   Pela, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Failureto thrive; Hyperammonaemia; Metabolic acidosis; Renal tubular acidosis

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE POTASSIUM; ASPARTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CITRATE POTASSIUM; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; POTASSIUM; PYRUVIC ACID; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MICROSCOPY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT;

EID: 27644505052     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-2003-9     Document Type: Article

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