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Editorial
. 2018 Feb 7;13(2):195-197.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.13791217. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

The Urine Anion Gap in Context

Daniel Batlle  1 , Sheeba Habeeb Ba Aqeel, Alonso Marquez
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Editorial

The Urine Anion Gap in Context

Daniel Batlle et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Acidosis, Renal Tubular; Ammonium Chloride; Ammonium Compounds; Body Fluids; Humans; Hyperkalemia; Protons; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Sodium; acidosis; glomerular filtration rate.

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Figure 1.
Urinary ammonium (NH4+) excretion in relation to urinary anion gap (UAG) for 38 patients with different types of distal renal tubular acidosis (blue circles), seven apparently healthy individuals receiving ammonium chloride (green circles), and eight patients with hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis associated with diarrhea (red triangles). Reprinted from ref. , with permission.
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