Abstract
There is little information about MPS I-related complications during laronidase therapy. We describe the first autopsy report of a young male MPS I patient who died of infection-induced cardiopulmonary failure following 2 years of weekly treatment with laronidase.
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Lin, HY., Lin, SP., Chuang, CK. et al. Mucopolysaccharidosis I under enzyme replacement therapy with laronidase—A mortality case with autopsy report. J Inherit Metab Dis 28, 1146–1148 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-005-0211-x
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