ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Congenital hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia of infancy (CHHI) associates with mutations in known genes in approximately 60% of cases. CHHI and mutations in HNF4A gene are reported in 0.5–2.4% in large series. A case of CHHI with renal Fanconi syndrome (FS) and hepatopathy is presented.Clinical description: Male newborn, gestational age: 38 weeks, weight: 4250 g +2.7 S.D., length: 55 cm +3.29 S.D., ...

Introduction: X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a rare, inherited disease that affects approximately 1 in 20,000 individuals. XLH is a disorder of renal phosphate wasting caused by high circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) that impairs normal phosphate reabsorption in the kidney and production of the active form of vitamin D. Children with XLH experience abnormal bone development, rickets, osteomalacia, impaired growth, dental abscesses, craniosynostosis ...