ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Propionic Acidaemia (PA), an organic acidaemia, is characterized by episodes of decompensation with severe metabolic acidosis and hyperammonaemia. PA is associated with low bone mineral density and osteoporosis. Hypocalcaemia is known to occur in 35-65% of decompensations, however the underlying pathophysiology remains unclear. PTH resistance has previously only been described in one case of hypocalcaemia in PA and we report the first use of ...