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SUBMITTER: Lin HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114849 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orphanet journal of rare diseases 20180829 1
<h4>Background</h4>Cardiac abnormalities have been observed in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) of any type, with the most documented abnormalities being valvular heart disease and cardiac hypertrophy. However, few studies have focused on the cardiac features of MPS IVA.<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed the medical records, echocardiograms, and electrocardiograms of 32 Taiwanese patients with MPS IVA (16 males and 16 females; median age, 10.8 years; age range, 1.1 to 29.1 years) as well as th ...[more]