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Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) with a predominantly cardiac phenotype.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Dec 2011
Jurecka Agnieszka, Golda Adam, Opoka-Winiarska Violetta, Piotrowska Ewa, Tylki-Szymańska Anna
Abstract excerpt
We present here the first literature description of a predominantly cardiac phenotype in a patient homozygous for missense mutation p.R152W in the N-acetylogalactosamine-4-sulfatase (arylsulfatase B, ARSB) gene. An adult Caucasian woman, who displayed very few symptoms up to her late thirties, was diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (MPS VI) after her hospitalization due to acute heart failure...
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