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Hurler syndrome
(redirected from Hurler's disease)

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Hurler syndrome
Hurler's disease, mucopolysaccharidosis IH Metabolic disease An AR condition caused by a defect in lysosomal α-L-iduronidase; Sx develop by end of first yr Clinical Gargoylism–coarse thick features, Breshnikov–prominent dark–eyebrows, cloudy corneas, progressive stiffness, mental retardation, heart and heart valve defects; death in early teens due to heart disease. See GL.


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Experts said the toddler was unlikely to survive to his first birthday without a bone marrow transplant after he was born with Hurler's disease, a rare enzyme deficiency which causes severe disabilities.
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