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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Mucinoses > Mucopolysaccharidoses
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Lysosomal Storage Diseases > Mucopolysaccharidoses
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Lysosomal Storage Diseases > Mucopolysaccharidoses
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Mucopolysaccharidoses
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Mucopolysaccharidoses

Preferred term

Mucopolysaccharidoses  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis

Note

  • 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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 92; was MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS 1974-91

In other languages

  • mukopolysakkaridoosit

    Finnish

  • mucopolysaccharidosis
  • mucopolysaccharidosis non specificata
  • mukopolysakkaridoosi
  • määrittämätön mukopolysakkaridoosi
  • ospecificerad mukopolysackaridos
  • Mukopolysackaridoser

    Swedish

  • MPS-sjukdomar
  • Mukopolysackaridossjukdomar

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009083

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