Abstract
Objective
To describe the clinical and genotypic features of Dent disease in children diagnosed at our center over a period of 10 years.
Design
Case series.
Setting
Pediatric Nephrology Clinic at a referral center in Northern India.
Methods
The medical records of patients with Dent disease diagnosed and followed up at this hospital from June 2005 to April 2015 were reviewed. The diagnosis of Dent disease was based on presence of all three of the following: (i) low molecular weight proteinuria, (ii) hypercalciuria and (iii) one of the following: nephrolithiasis, hematuria, hypophosphatemia or renal insufficiency, with or without mutation in CLCN5 or OCRL1 genes.
Results
The phenotype in 18 patients diagnosed with Dent disease during this period was characterized by early age at onset (median 1.8 y), and polyuria, polydipsia, salt craving, hypophosphatemic rickets and night blindness. Rickets was associated with severe deformities, fractures or loss of ambulation in six patients. Nephrocalcinosis was present in three patients, while none had nephrolithiasis. Generalized aminoaciduria was seen in 13 patients, two had glucosuria alone, and one had features of Fanconi syndrome. Over a median follow up of 2.7 years, one patient developed renal failure. Genetic testing (n=15) revealed 5 missense mutations and 3 nonsense mutations in CLCN5 in 13 patients. Five of these variations (p.Met504Lys, p.Trp58Cys, p.Leu729X, p.Glu527Gln and p.Gly57Arg) have not been reported outside the Indian subcontinent.
Conclusion
Our findings suggest a severe phenotype in a cohort of Indian patients with Dent disease.
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Bhardwaj, S., Thergaonkar, R., Sinha, A. et al. Phenotype of dent disease in a cohort of Indian children. Indian Pediatr 53, 977–982 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0971-4
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