Typical imaging features in Hunter's syndrome.
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Department of 1. Radioloy, 2. Internal Medicine and 3. Neurology, Turnhoutse Associatie van Ziekenhuizen, Turnhout, Belgium Background: A 17-year-old boy with known Hunter’s syndrome was admitted to the emergency department after an episode of generalized seizures. The episode of seizures was probably related to medication. He had a characteristic coarse facial appearance and macrocrania. There was no mental retardation, dwarfism nor deafness.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie
دوره 93 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010