SPORADIC DISTAL RENAL TUBULAR-ACIDOSIS AND PERIODIC HYPOKALEMIC PARALYSIS IN KASHMIR

Twenty-one cases of renal tubular acidosis presenting with periodic hy pokalaemic muscular weakness, that were seen over an 8-year period. ar e presented. The biochemical features suggested a diagnosis of distal renal tubular acidosis and absence of family history with negative scr eening of eighteen families pointed towards the primary sporadic natur e of the disorder in nineteen of the cases. Alkali and replacement pot assium therapy resulted in immediate and sustained clinical recovery i n all the cases.