A 9 year old mentally retarded girl with a protuberant abdomen, short stature, coarse facial features  and cloudy corneas. skeletal malformations include dysostosis Multiplex and Bullet shaped middle phalanx .what is the enzyme deficient in this patient? A)Iduronate sulfatase  B) beta - Galactosidase  C)alpha - L- Iduronidase  D) beta - Glucuronidase

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A 9 year old mentally retarded girl with a protuberant abdomen, short stature, coarse facial features  and cloudy corneas. skeletal malformations include dysostosis Multiplex and Bullet shaped middle phalanx .what is the enzyme deficient in this patient?

A)Iduronate sulfatase 

B) beta - Galactosidase 

C)alpha - L- Iduronidase 

D) beta - Glucuronidase 

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