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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