Corrections of diverse forms of lower limb deformities in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (Morquio syndrome)

• Main Authors: Ali Al Kaissi (Author), Vladimir Kenis (Author), Eugeniy Melchenko (Author), Maher Ben Ghachem (Author), Robert Csepan (Author), Franz Grill (Author), Rudolf Ganger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Thoracolumbar kyphosis has been considered as the first presenting deformity and is often a key diagnostic clue noted in children with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IV (Morquio's syndrome). However, we observed that the progressive irregularities of the epiphyses of the long bone...