Cervical spine involvement in pediatric mucopolysaccharidosis patients: Clinical features, early diagnosis, and surgical management

Cervical spine involvement in pediatric mucopolysaccharidosis patients: Clinical features, early diagnosis, and surgical management

Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a progressive genetic disease that causes a deficiency in lysosomal enzymes, which play an important role in the degradation pathway of glycosaminoglycans. As a result of enzyme defects, mucopolysaccharides cannot be metabolized and thus accumulate. The cervical spine...

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Main Authors: Hai-Tao Liu, Jia Song, Fu-Chao Zhou, Zhi-Hui Liang, Qiu-Qi Zhang, Yue-Hui Zhang, Jiang Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
mucopolysaccharidoses
cervical spine
surgical managements
occipitocervical fusion
atlantoaxial fusion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1059567/full

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