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Introduction: Fanconi-Bickel syndrome (FBS), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of carbohydrate metabolism (FBS, OMIM 227810), caused by defects in the facilitative glucose transporter glut-2, which transports glucose in and out of hepatocytes, pancreatic β cells and basolateral membranes of intestinal and renal epithelial cells. Characteristic features include growth failure, hepatomegaly, glucose and galactose intolerance, fasting hypoglycemia, and renal tubular nep...