Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype)

Introduction: Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype)

Description of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype)

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype) (medical condition): A rare inherited biochemical disorder characterized by the accumulation of mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) in various body tissues due to insufficient amounts of the enzyme (galactosamine-?-sulfate - type A, ? galactosidase - type B) needed to break it down. The symptoms are variable with type A and B being clinically indistinguishable.

See also:

Morquio syndrome:
  »Introduction: Morquio syndrome
  »Symptoms of Morquio syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype): Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype):

• Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB
• Mucopolysaccharidosis
• Type
• IVB

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype): Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype) is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype), or a subtype of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype), affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype) as a Disease

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype): Another name for Morquio syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Morquio syndrome
  »Symptoms of Morquio syndrome

Symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype) (Morquio syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype) incude:

• Severe skeletal symptoms
• Short trunk
• Prominent sternum
• Short neck
• Growth retardation

See full list of 30 symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype) (Morquio syndrome)

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype): Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype):

• mucopolysaccharidosis type 1
• gargoylism
• lysosoaml storage disease
• Hunter's syndrome
• Scheie syndrome
• carpel tunnel syndrome
• obstructive airway disease
• genetic counselling
• chorionic villous sampling

Terms associated with Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype):

Terms Similar to Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (subtype):

• Morquio syndrome
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (subtype)

Source - NIH

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