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What's the mechanism of glue sniffing causing normal gap metabolic acidosis?
(I want to understand)

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Apparently, toluene and it's metabolite hippurate (found in inhalants) induces an RTA by inhibiting the secretion of hydrogen ions/ammonium.
 
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