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Sanfilippo's syndrome
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Sanfilippo's syndrome [san·fə′lip·ōz ‚sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A hereditary metabolic disorder, transmitted as an autosomal recessive, characterized by excessive amounts of heparitin sulfate in the urine, and manifested by minor skeletal changes and slight hepatomegaly.


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Finally, after lots of tests, it was confirmed Caitlin had Sanfilippo syndrome.
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