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Descriptor English:

Mucopolysaccharidoses

Descriptor Spanish:

Mucopolisacaridosis

Descriptor Portuguese:

Mucopolissacaridoses

Synonyms English:

Mucopolysaccharidosis

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Definition English:

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.

Indexing Annotation English:

lysosomal storage dis; types I through VII except V are available as main headings: V = MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS V see MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS I; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES

History Note English:

92; was MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS 1974-91

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

30388

Unique Identifier:

D009083

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