Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler-Scheie syndrome: A rare case report

Autor: P Suryanarayana Raju, Ramesh Tatapudi, M Gunashekhar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 66-68 (2011)
Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
ISSN: 0976-2361
Popis: Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I) is a rare inherited disorder that belongs to a group of clinically progressive disorders and is caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme, α(1)-iduronidase. MPS I has been recently classified into a severe (Hurler syndrome) and an attenuated type (Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndromes). The purpose of this article was to describe a rare case of MPS type I, attenuated type (Hurler-Scheie) affecting a 15-year-old Indian child.
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