Mucopolysaccharidoses

Introduction: Mucopolysaccharidoses

Description of Mucopolysaccharidoses

Mucopolysaccharidoses (medical condition): A lysosomal storage disorder that is caused by a deficiency of the ability to metabolise glycosaminoglycans.

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Mucopolysaccharidoses: Group of lysosomal storage diseases each caused by an inherited deficiency of an enzyme involved in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides). The diseases are progressive and often display a wide spectrum of clinical severity within one enzyme deficiency.
Source: MeSH 2007

Mucopolysaccharidoses as a Disease

Mucopolysaccharidoses (medical condition): See Mucopolysaccharidoses (disease information).
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  »Symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidoses
  »Treatments for Mucopolysaccharidoses

Mucopolysaccharidoses: Article Excerpts

Mucopolysaccharidoses consist of a group of inherited metabolic disorders caused by a deficiency of the specific lysosomal enzymes needed to break down mucopolysaccharides. Mucopolysaccharides are long chains of sugar molecules used to build connective tissues and organs in the body. When mutations occur in the genes for the enzymes involved in the normal turnover of mucopolysaccharides, excess amounts of them are stored in the body, causing progressive damage and, in most cases, eventual death. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Mucopolysaccharidoses Information Page: NINDS)

More information on medical condition: Mucopolysaccharidoses:

• Information about Mucopolysaccharidoses
• Basic Summary for Mucopolysaccharidoses
• Types of Mucopolysaccharidoses
• Symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidoses
• Treatments for Mucopolysaccharidoses

Mucopolysaccharidoses: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Mucopolysaccharidoses:

• metabolic disorders
• lysosomal storage disease
• carpel tunnel syndrome
• glaucoma
• dwarfism
• mucolipidosis
• bone dysplasia

Hierarchical classifications of Mucopolysaccharidoses

The following list attempts to classify Mucopolysaccharidoses into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn
    • Metabolism, Inborn Errors
      • Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors
        • Mucopolysaccharidoses

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn
    • Metabolism, Inborn Errors
      • Lysosomal Storage Diseases
        • Mucopolysaccharidoses

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Connective Tissue Diseases
    • Mucinoses
      • Mucopolysaccharidoses

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Diseases
    • Metabolism, Inborn Errors
      • Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors
        • Mucopolysaccharidoses

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Diseases
    • Metabolism, Inborn Errors
      • Lysosomal Storage Diseases
        • Mucopolysaccharidoses

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