Report of three cases of mucopolysacchaidoses and an unusual case of hyperaminoaciduria detected during the screening of mentally retarded children.
315 mentally retarded children from the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, south India, were screened to detect metabolic defects. Results with 2 cases of Hunter's syndrome, 1 case of Sanfilippo's syndrome and an unusual case of hyperamino aciduria are presented.
Devi
K S
KS
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Waltair, India.
Veeraju
P
P
Rao
B S
BS
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009083:Mucopolysaccharidoses / Q000150:complications*; D010375:Pedigree; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000608:Renal Aminoacidurias / Q000150:complications*