COURSE DESCRIPTION
Language: English
Duration: 40 minutes
Topic: Pediatric Endocrinology, MPS
Speaker: Ass. Prof. ANDREA BORGO, University General Hospital of Padua, Italy
Learning Objectives
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Know what are the musculoskeletal manifestations of mucopolysaccharidoses and Alpha-mannosidosis
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Recognize some precocious musculoskeletal signs suggestive for metabolic disease in order to send the patients to the right diagnostic pathway
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Understand the orthopaedic surgical options (and their timing) in a child affected by mucopolysaccharidoses.