hrp0094p2-105 | Diabetes and insulin | ESPE2021

Recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia in an infant with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy after gene therapy: Beta oxidation defect exaggerated by hepatic dysfunction.

Alaaraj Nada , Hamed Noor , Soliman Ashraf , Omran Tawfeg Ben ,

Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. In 2016, nusinersen (Spinraza) was approved by the FDA. The first AAV9-based gene therapy (Zolgensma), was approved by the FDA (2019) for the treatment of infants with SMA. We report an SMA case with recurrent hypoglycemic events after gene therapy.Case Report: A 22 months old boy, with SMA type 1 was born at term by CS for fetal bradycardia....