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A rare case of severe hypertension with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis in a 14-year-old girl: Answers

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, 605006, India

    Pediredla Karunakar, Sriram Krishnamurthy & Aakash Chandran Chidambaram

  2. Department of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India

    Jayaprakash Sahoo & Sadishkumar Kamalanathan

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India

    Sambandan Kumaravel

  4. Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India

    Bheemanathi Hanuman Srinivas

  5. Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India

    Biswajit Dubashi

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Pediredla Karunakar, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Aakash Chandran Chidambaram, Jayaprakash Sahoo, Sadishkumar Kamalanathan, Sambandan Kumaravel, and Biswajit Dubashi managed the patient, reviewed the literature, and drafted the manuscript. Sriram Krishnamurthy critically revised the manuscript. Bheemanathi Hanuman Srinivas interpreted the histopathological findings. All authors contributed to the review of literature and drafting of the manuscript, and approved the final version of the manuscript. Sriram Krishnamurthy shall act as a guarantor of the paper.

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Karunakar, P., Krishnamurthy, S., Chidambaram, A.C. et al. A rare case of severe hypertension with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis in a 14-year-old girl: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 35, 1633–1638 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-020-04509-3

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