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.
Entry Term(s)
Mucopolysaccharidosis
NLM Classification #
QU 265.5.C3
Public MeSH Note
92; was MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS 1974-91
Online Note
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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.
