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Persistently high urine glucose levels caused by familial renal glycosuria.
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Oct 2020
Djeddi D, Cauliez A, Oulebsir A, Hureaux M, Vanrenterghem A, Vargas-Poussou R
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Glycosuria generally occurs when the threshold for glucose reabsorption by the proximal renal tubule is exceeded or when reabsorption of filtered glucose is impaired. Although the discovery of glycosuria in a child will prompt screening for diabetes mellitus, it is also a sign of a rare tubulopathy called "familial renal glycosuria" (OMIM #233100). This tubulopathy is linked to a defect in the sodium-glucose...
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