ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0017.12-8 | Metabolic Syndrome | ESPEYB17

12.8. Metformin treatment in young children with fragile X syndrome

HMB Biag , LA Potter , V, et al. Wilkins

To read the full abstract: Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2019;7(11):e956. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.956Short summary: Nine boys with Fragile X syndrome (FXS), aged between 2 to 7 years old, received off-label treatment with metformin for at least 3 months. Language development and behaviour improved in the majority of children. A controlled trial of metformin in very young children with FXS, whose brai...