Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare, inherited metabolic disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the ALPL gene that encodes the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase TNAP (ORPHA 436). Its clinical presentation is highly heterogeneous with a remarkably wide-ranging severity. HPP affects patients of all age. Therefor diagnosis is often difficult and delayed. To improve the understanding of HPP in children and in order to shorten the diagnostic time span in th...

Objective: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare, inherited metabolic disease characterized by bone mineralization defects and osteomalacia, as well as systemic manifestations, including seizures, respiratory insufficiency, muscle weakness, nephrocalcinosis, and pain. The biochemical hallmark of HPP is low serum alkaline phosphatase, resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase. HPP presents a broad spectrum of disease seve...

Objectives: Limited data exist on growth parameters in children with hypophosphatasia (HPP), a rare metabolic disease characterized by impaired bone mineralization. We aimed to describe growth characteristics in untreated children with HPP enrolled in the Global HPP Patient Registry.Methods: Children (<18 years old) with a diagnosis of HPP who were not receiving enzyme replacement therapy with asfotase alfa at the time of evaluation were identified f...