Recurrent infections and immunodeficiency in a patient
with Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS type 3)

Öner Özdemir; Kübra Tokmak

doi:10.5114/pja.2026.159580

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Recurrent infections and immunodeficiency in a patient with Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS type 3)

Öner Özdemir

¹

,

Kübra Çevik Tokmak

¹

Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Research and Training Hospital of Sakarya, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Adapazarı, Sakarya, Türkiye

Alergologia Polska – Polish Journal of Allergology 2026; 13, 1: 58–61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2026.159580

Online publish date: 2026/02/27

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Recurrent infections and immunodeficiency in a patient with Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS type 3)

Öner Özdemir 1 , Kübra Çevik Tokmak 1

Öner Özdemir

¹

,

Kübra Çevik Tokmak

¹