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Case series of patients under biweekly treatment with laronidase: a report of a single center experience

ABSTRACT Objective: To report the stabilization of urinary glycosaminoglicans (GAG) excretion and clinical improvements in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) under an alternative dose regimen of laronidase of 1.2 mg/kg every other week. Methods: We participated in a dose-optimization ...

Laronidase como terapia de reposição enzimática na mucopolissacaridose tipo I

CONTEXTO: A mucopolissacaridose tipo I (MPS I) é uma doença lisossômica (DL) crônica, progressiva, causada pela atividade deficiente da alfa-L-iduronidase (IDUA). A IDUA é responsável pela clivagem dos resíduos de ácido idurônico dos glicosaminoglicanos (GAGs) heparan e dermatan sulfato. Na MPS ...

The impact of laronidase treatment in otolaryngological manifestations of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by deficiency of a-l-iduronidase. The otolaryngological findings include hearing loss, otorrhea, recurrent otitis, hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoid, recurrent rhinosinusitis, speech disorders, snoring, oral breath...