title: Autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets in an 85 year old woman: characterization of her disease from infancy through adulthood.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (ADHR) is a rare genetic disorder of phosphate homeostasis characterized, when severely expressed, by osteomalacia, suppressed levels of calcitriol, and renal phosphate wasting due to elevated levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). The disease is caused by heterozygous FGF23 mutations at the RXXR site that prevent cleavage of the intact hormone.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  An FGF23 mutation was identified in the proband an 85-year-old woman with elevated FGF23 levels, and her clinical course was characterized. Medical records revealed she was treated for rickets as an infant. She was then asymptomatic until soon after her 4th pregnancy, when she suffered incapacitating bone pain and weakness, age 37. Symptoms remitted with brief treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proband and one son, but not other family members, were found to be heterozygous for the R176Q mutation in FGF23. Expression of this germ line mutation was strikingly different in both individuals in terms of skeletal health, FGF23 levels and disease activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The identified FGF23 mutation in two members of this family raises questions about molecular mechanisms that have led to intermittent increases in FGF23 synthesis and secretion, and disease expression.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Bulfinch 165, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mseton@partners.org
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seton
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jüppner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001483:Base Sequence; D001827:Body Height; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018450:Disease Progression; D053098:Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D000089703:Fibroblast Growth Factor-23; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010375:Pedigree
chemical_list: C000717427:FGF23 protein, human; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D000089703:Fibroblast Growth Factor-23