Adult onset distal renal tubular acidosis: a disorder of an autoimmune disease.

نویسندگان

  • Swapnil A Punekar
  • Deepa Korivi
  • Dharmendra Pandey
  • Sangeeta J Pednekar
  • Sudeep Deshpande
چکیده

We present the case of 36 yrs old female who presented with acute onset quadriparesis who was subsequently diagnosed to have Sjogrens syndrome with distal RTA with hypothyroidism.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India

دوره 60  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012