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Morquio syndrome
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Morquio syndrome
Mucopolysaccharidosis IV Metabolic disease An AR mucopolysaccharide storage disease characterized by 6-sulfo-N-acetylhexosaminide sulfatase deficiency and excretion of keratosulfate in urine Clinical Coarse facies, short stature, and skeletal, joint defects; onset after first yr, life expectancy 20+ yrs; may be mentally normal. See Mucopolysaccharidosis.


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Young patient Sultan Ali, from Moseley, who suffers growth-stunting illness Morquio A Syndrome, has become the first child in the world to receive the new intravenous infusion, which replaces the enzyme his body is missing.
Jamie had been born with Morquio syndrome, a rare hereditary disorder of bone development that results in severe malformation of the skeleton.
 
 
 
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