N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency

Introduction: N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency

Description of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency (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 (Arylsulfatase ?) needed to break it down.

See also:

Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6:
  »Introduction: Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6
  »Symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency:

• N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase
• N-acetylgalactosamine
• Acetylgalactosamine
• Sulfatase
• Deficiency

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency: Rare Disease

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

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency, or a subtype of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency as a Disease

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency: Another name for Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6 (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6
  »Symptoms of Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6

Symptoms of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency (Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6)

Some of the symptoms of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency incude:

• Growth retardation
• Short stature
• Skeletal deformities
• Hip dysplasia
• Valvular heart disease

See full list of 34 symptoms of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency (Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6)

N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency:

• lysosomal storage disorder
• facial dysmorphism
• macroglossia
• constantly opened mouth
• coarse features
• limited joint motion
• very severe dysostosis multiplex
• platyspondyly
• kyphosis
• scoliosis
• pectus carinatum
• genu valgum
• long bone deformities
• short stature
• hepatomegaly
• a valvular heart disorder
• cardiomyopathy
• deafness
• corneal clouding

Terms associated with N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency:

Terms Similar to N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase deficiency:

• Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI
• ARSB deficiency
• Arylsulfatase B deficiency
• MPS 6
• MPS VI
• Maroteaux Lamy syndrome

Source - NIH

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