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Table 8 “Red flag” signs and symptoms of MPS II that occur early in the disease course

From: ENT and mucopolysaccharidoses

Coarse facial features (may be subtle in the attenuated phenotype)

Recurrent respiratory infections

Chronic rhinorrhoea

Upper airway restriction/noisy breathing/snoring

Recurrent otitis media

Hearing loss

Heart murmur

Hepatomegaly

Umbilical and inguinal hernia

Recurrent watery diarrhoea

Joint stiffness

Developmental delay and/or speech delay (in severe phenotype only)

  1. MPS mucopolysaccharidosis