ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hypercalcemia requires new investigation pathways after publishing the mutations of the CYP24A1 gene. Furthermore, diagnostic puzzles connected to it still remain.Objective and hypotheses: We present a 1.5-years-old girl with infantile hypercalciuria who has been followed-up since she was 4 months old. The child is born from uneventful pregnancy, normal delivery, on term with weight 3600 g and length 52 cm. Two months after birth she became i...

Background: Evidence associates obesity with glomerular hyperperfusion. Concurrent inflammation, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance represent further established risks to renal health in both children and adults.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the relationship between childhood obesity and risk of renal impairment.Method: A total of 114 (38.6% boys) obese according to the IOTF reference but otherwise health...