PMID: 9557076Apr 29, 1998Paper

Distal tubular acidosis in a patient with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus--selected pathophysiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej
F KokotA Wiecek

Abstract

This case report describes a 42 years old male patients with distal tubular renal acidosis in whom the symptomatology of this disorder was markedly changed by the presence of concomitant endocrine and exocrine insufficiency of the pancreas. Pathophysiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of coexistence of these two type of pathology are stressed.

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