The great masquerade: delayed diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis in adulthood.

Can J Ophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address:

Published: December 2013

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