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Life-threatening.

Progressive.

Systemic.

Inherited.1,2

Low alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is the biological hallmark of hypophosphatasia (HPP) 1,3,4

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Patients of all ages have a high burden of disease.1

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Devastating consequences. Lifelong Impact.

As a result of low alkaline phosphatase activity and defective bone mineralisation, patients may experience any number of these unpredictable and devastating symptoms throughout life.1,3,5,6

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  • Defective bone mineralisation can lead to hypophosphatasia-induced rickets, skeletal deformities, and frequent <span class='nowrap'>fractures.<sup>1,3,13-17</sup></span>Skeletal
  • Muscle weakness and pain, in combination with skeletal deformities, can lead to significant disability, limiting independence and activities of daily living. <sup>1,18</sup>Muscular/rheumatologic
  • Bone demineralisation can cause rachitic chest and respiratory insufficiency due to hypoplastic lungs, requiring mechanical ventilation.<sup>1,3,17</sup>Respiratory
  • Craniosynostosis can lead to a range of neurologic consequences. Additionally, because pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) is not dephosphorylated, it cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier, leading to vitamin B<sub>6</sub>–responsive seizures.<sup>1,6,19</sup>Neurologic
  • Hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria from defective bone mineralisation can lead to nephrocalcinosis and progressive renal damage or failure.<sup>1,20,21</sup>Renal

Accurately diagnose hypophosphatasia

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Low alkaline phosphatase activity can be detected with a routine laboratory test1,12,22

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Accurately Diagnose Hypophosphatasia”: alt= “Hypophosphatasia diagnosis vs other metabolic disorders

Misdiagnosis occurs often because the clinical presentation of hypophosphatasia can overlap with those of other metabolic disorders1,12,20,23

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Family members of patients may have undiagnosed hypophosphatasia11,12

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Low alkaline phosphatase is the biological hallmark of hypophosphatasia.1,4

Growth and development profoundly affect the normal interval for alkaline phosphatase.25,26
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Patient and family experiences with hypophosphatasia

"The biggest struggle for me is the energy and keeping my pain at a place where I can still function."

Brittan

"She looks like everything’s fine, when underneath there’s so many issues…"

Aubrey

"I was told: “Yes, you have HPP. You will never be healthy again…” You first have to be able to process that, and it was quite a bit of work."

Petra

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  • Petra talks about her diagnosis and life with hypophosphatasia.
References:
  1. Rockman-Greenberg C. Hypophosphatasia. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2013;10(suppl 2):380-388.
  2. Whyte MP, Leung E, Wilcox W, et al; for Study 011-10 Investigators. Hypophosphatasia: a retrospective natural history study of the severe perinatal and infantile forms. Poster presented at: 2014 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting; May 3-6, 2014; Vancouver, BC.
  3. Whyte MP. Hypophosphatasia: nature’s window on alkaline phosphatase function in humans. In: Bilezikian JP, Raisz LG, Martin TJ, eds. Principles of Bone Biology. Vol 2. 3rd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press; 2008:1573-1598.
  4. Whyte MP. Hypophosphatasia. In: Scriver CR, Beaudet AL, Sly WS, Valle D, eds. The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. Vol 4. 8th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2001:5313-5329.
  5. Weber TJ, Sawyer EK, Moseley S, Odrljin T, Kishnani PS. Burden of disease in adult patients with hypophosphatasia: results from patient-reported outcome surveys. Poster presented at: Endocrine Society Annual Meeting; March 5-8, 2015; San Diego, CA.
  6. Baumgartner-Sigl S, Haberlandt E, Mumm S, et al. Pyridoxine-responsive seizures as the first symptom of infantile hypophosphatasia caused by two novel missense mutations (c.677T>C, p.M226T; c.1112C>T, p.T371I) of the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase gene. Bone. 2007;40(6):1655-1661.
  7. Whyte MP. Physiological role of alkaline phosphatase explored in hypophosphatasia. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010;1192:190-200.
  8. van den Bos T, Handoko G, Niehof A, et al. Cementum and dentin in hypophosphatasia. J Dent Res. 2005;84(11):1021-1025.
  9. Mornet E. Hypophosphatasia. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2008;22(1):113-127.
  10. Reibel A, Maniére M-C, Clauss F, et al. Orodental phenotype and genotype findings in all subtypes of hypophosphatasia. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2009;4:6.
  11. Whyte MP, Murphy WA, Fallon MD. Adult hypophosphatasia with chondrocalcinosis and arthropathy. Variable penetrance of hypophosphatasemia in a large Oklahoma kindred. Am J Med. 1982;72(4):631-641.
  12. Mornet E, Nunes ME. Hypophosphatasia. In: Pagon RA, Adam MP, Ardinger HH, et al, eds. GeneReviews. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Seattle; 1993. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1150/. Published November 20, 2007. Updated February 4, 2016. Accessed June 8, 2016.
  13. Beck C, Morbach H, Wirth C, Beer M, Girschick HJ. Whole-body MRI in the childhood form of hypophosphatasia. Rheumatol Int. 2011;31(10):1315-1320.
  14. Whyte MP, Greenberg CR, Salman N, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012;366(10):904-913.
  15. Gagnon C, Sims NA, Mumm S, et al. Lack of sustained response to teriparatide in a patient with adult hypophosphatasia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010;95(3):1007-1012.
  16. Schalin-Jäntti C, Mornet E, Lamminen A, Välimäki MJ. Parathyroid hormone treatment improves pain and fracture healing in adult hypophosphatasia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010;95(12):5174-5179.
  17. Silver MM, Vilos GA, Milne KJ. Pulmonary hypoplasia in neonatal hypophosphatasia. Pediatr Pathol. 1988;8(5):483-493.
  18. Seshia SS, Derbyshire G, Haworth JC, Hoogstraten J. Myopathy with hypophosphatasia. Arch Dis Child. 1990;65(1):130-131.
  19. Collmann H, Mornet E, Gattenlöhner S, Beck C, Girschick H. Neurosurgical aspects of childhood hypophosphatasia. Childs Nerv Syst. 2009;25(2):217-223.
  20. Mohn A, De Leonibus C, de Giorgis T, Mornet E, Chiarelli F. Hypophosphatasia in a child with widened anterior fontanelle: lessons learned from late diagnosis and incorrect treatment. Acta Paediatr. 2011;100(7):e43-e46.
  21. Eade AWT, Swannell AJ, Williamson N. Pyrophosphate arthropathy in hypophosphatasia. Ann Rheum Dis. 1981;40(2):164-170.
  22. Lab Tests Online. ALP. Washington DC: American Association for Clinical Chemistry; 2001. https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alp/tab/test/. Updated October 29, 2015. Accessed April 6, 2016.
  23. Sutton RAL, Mumm S, Coburn SP, Ericson KL, Whyte MP. "Atypical femoral fractures" during bisphosphonate exposure in adult hypophosphatasia. J Bone Miner Res. 2012;27(5):987-994.
  24. Whyte MP. Hypophosphatasia. In: Thakker RV, Whyte MP, Eisman JA, Igarashi T, eds. Genetics of Bone Biology and Skeletal Disease. London, UK: Academic Press; 2013:337-360.
  25. Colantonio DA, Kyriakopoulou L, Chan MK, et al. Closing the gaps in pediatric laboratory reference intervals: a CALIPER database of 40 biochemical markers in a healthy and multiethnic population of children. Clin Chem. 2012;58(5):854-868.
  26. Turan S, Topcu B, Gökçe I, et al. Serum alkaline phosphatase levels in healthy children and evaluation of alkaline phosphatase z-scores in different types of rickets. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2011;3(1):7-11.