The Normandy site of the reference center for rare diseases of calcium and phosphate metabolism , certified since 2007 and which became a bi-site since 2017 (University Hospital of Rouen and Caen) brings together care activities (clinical, radiological and biological) and research activities.
Nationally, this center is coordinated by Professor Agnès Linglart (pediatric endocrinologist) at Bicêtre Hospital. It comprises four clinical sites (Paris, Lyon, Rouen, and Toulouse ), a dental expertise center (Paris Bretonneau) , and two molecular and genetic diagnostic centers (Bicêtre-Paris Sud and Caen) . It is part of the OSCAR (Bone, Calcium, and Cartilage) rare disease network .
In Normandy, the two centers are multidisciplinary and treat children and adults with abnormalities in the regulation of blood calcium (hyper- or hypocalcemia, hyper- or hypoparathyroidism, etc.) and/or blood phosphate (hypophosphatemic rickets, tumoral calcinosis, etc.) . They benefit from the expertise of endocrinologists, nephrologists, rheumatologists, geneticists, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, dentists, periodontists, and other specialists.
