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Frequent Urinating Renal Tubular Acidosis
Distal renal tubular acidosis is a disease that occurs when the kidneys don't remove acid properly into the urine, leaving the blood too acidic (called acidosis).
Alternative Names
Renal tubular acidosis - distal; Renal tubular acidosis type I; Type I RTA; RTA - distal; Classical RTA
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Your kidneys normally regulate your body's pH by removing acids from the blood and discarding them into the urine.
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