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Hurler's syndrome: demonstration of an inherited disorder of connective tissue in cell culture. 1965

B S Danes, and A G Bearn

Skin fibroblasts from three patients with Hurler's syndrome were grown in tissue culture and shown to contain metachromatic granules when stained for mucopolysaccharides with toluidine blue O. Similar inclusions were observed in cultures of fibroblasts from other members of the families, who appeared to be clinically normal but who were, judged from studies of pedigree, heterozygous or hemizygous for the abnormal gene.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008059	Mucopolysaccharidosis I	Systemic lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of alpha-L-iduronidase (IDURONIDASE) and characterized by progressive physical deterioration with urinary excretion of DERMATAN SULFATE and HEPARAN SULFATE. There are three recognized phenotypes representing a spectrum of clinical severity from severe to mild: Hurler syndrome, Hurler-Scheie syndrome and Scheie syndrome (formerly mucopolysaccharidosis V). Symptoms may include DWARFISM; hepatosplenomegaly; thick, coarse facial features with low nasal bridge; corneal clouding; cardiac complications; and noisy breathing.	Hurler's Syndrome,Hurler-Scheie Syndrome,Lipochondrodystrophy,Mucopolysaccharidosis V,Pfaundler-Hurler Syndrome,Scheie's Syndrome,Gargoylism,Gargoylism, Hurler Syndrome,Hurler Disease,Hurler Syndrome,Hurler's Disease,Mucopolysaccharidosis 1,Mucopolysaccharidosis 5,Mucopolysaccharidosis I-S,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type Ih,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type Ih S,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type Is,Scheie Syndrome,alpha-L-Iduronidase Deficiency,Disease, Hurler's,Gargoylisms,Hurler Scheie Syndrome,Hurler Syndrome Gargoylism,Lipochondrodystrophies,Mucopolysaccharidosis I S,Mucopolysaccharidosis Is,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type Ihs,Syndrome, Hurler's,Syndrome, Scheie's,Type Ih, Mucopolysaccharidosis,Type Ihs, Mucopolysaccharidosis,alpha L Iduronidase Deficiency,alpha-L-Iduronidase Deficiencies
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005347	Fibroblasts	Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules.	Fibroblast
D005826	Genetics, Medical	A subdiscipline of human genetics which entails the reliable prediction of certain human disorders as a function of the lineage and/or genetic makeup of an individual or of any two parents or potential parents.	Medical Genetics
D006651	Histocytochemistry	Study of intracellular distribution of chemicals, reaction sites, enzymes, etc., by means of staining reactions, radioactive isotope uptake, selective metal distribution in electron microscopy, or other methods.	Cytochemistry
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D046508	Culture Techniques	Methods of maintaining or growing biological materials in controlled laboratory conditions. These include the cultures of CELLS; TISSUES; organs; or embryo in vitro. Both animal and plant tissues may be cultured by a variety of methods. Cultures may derive from normal or abnormal tissues, and consist of a single cell type or mixed cell types.	Culture Technique,Technique, Culture,Techniques, Culture