hrp0082p3-d3-837 | Growth (2) | ESPE2014

GH Treatment in Dent’s Disease: a Case Report

Falcone Simona , Guidoni Elisa , Municchi Giovanna , Cioni Maddalena

Background: Dent’s disease is an X-linked recessive proximal tubulopathy characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, nephrolithiasis, and progressive renal failure. Growth retardation, due to resistance to GH action is a feature commonly associated with Dent’s disease.Case report: We describe a boy diagnosed with Dent disease, treated with recombinant human GH. He was initially referred at 6 years of age...