Ultrastructure of lymphocytes and skin in mucopolysaccharidosis IV A (Morquio syndrome).

Journal: Brain & Development
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Abstract

Contrary to the reported absence of lymphocytic vacuoles in Morquio syndrome, lysosomal vacuoles were demonstrated by electron microscopy in lymphocytes and dermal cells of a 2 1/2-year-old Turkish girl biochemically and clinically proven to have type A of MPS IV or Morquio syndrome.

Authors
K Ikeda, U Burck, H Goebel