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A 3-year-old boy with multiple sulphatase deficiency, complicated by a haemophagocytic syndrome, recovered with conventional treatment. Haemophagocytic syndrome can be a complication of many disorders including metabolic diseases, frequently triggered by intracellular viral and bacterial infections or even by drug administration.
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Received: 8 October 1996 / Accepted in revised form: 5 September 1997
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Ikeda, H., Kato, M., Matsunaga, A. et al. Multiple sulphatase deficiency and haemophagocytic syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 157, 553–554 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310050876
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310050876