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Mucopolysaccharidosis type I
Hurler syndrome, Scheie syndrome, and Hurler-Scheie syndrome. All three of these syndromes are due to varying degrees of deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase. See also: Mucopolysaccharidosis
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