A Case of Hypotonia-Cystinuria Syndrome With Genito-Urinary Malformations and Extrarenal Involvement

A Case of Hypotonia-Cystinuria Syndrome With Genito-Urinary Malformations and Extrarenal Involvement

Hypotonia-Cystinuria syndrome (HCS) is a rare disease, caused by a mutation in two contiguous genes (SLC3A1 and PREPL) localized on chromosome 2p21, and it is characterized by both renal involvement with cystine stones and nervous involvement with hypotonia. We here describe a 2 years old child with...

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Main Authors: Francesca Taroni, Valentina Capone, Alfredo Berrettini, Erika Adalgisa De Marco, Gian Antonio Manzoni, Giovanni Montini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
hypotonia cystinuria syndrome
PREPL
SLC3A1
CAKUT
patent foramen ovale
cryptorchidism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00127/full

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