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[Bone marrow transplantation in mucopolysaccharidosis type I, Hurler-Scheie variety. Metabolic correction and clinical results].
Anales espanoles de pediatria - 1 Oct 1990
Ortega Aramburu J J, Domínguez Luengo C, Olivé Oliveras T, Navarro Fernández C
Abstract excerpt
Bone marrow transplant has proved to be an effective treatment in some hereditary metabolic diseases and, especially, in mucopolysdaccharidosis (MPS). A 9-year-old girl, of consanguineous parents, with MPS Type I, Hurler-Scheie syndrome, received a BMT from her heterozygous, HLA-compatible mother. -L-iduronidase activity in leukocytes and fibroblasts was undetectable and glycosaminoglycans (GAG) excretion in...
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