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mucopolysaccharidosis
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mucopolysaccharidosis [¦myü·kō‚päl·ē‚sak·ə·rə′dō·səs]
(medicine)
Any of several inborn metabolic disorders involving mucopolysaccharides; the six types are MPS I, Hurler's syndrome; MPS II, Hunter's syndrome; MPS III, Sanfillipo's syndrome; MPS IV, Morquio's syndrome; MPS V, Scheil's syndrome; and MPS VI, Maroteaux-Lamy's syndrome.


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Hurler's syndrome is the severe form of MPS type1, or mucopolysaccharidoses.
Diseases that cause enlargement of the tongue from multiple lesions include Down syndrome and rare conditions such as hypothyroidism, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, the mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2B (MEN 2B) and neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease of the skin).
A fibreoptic intubation technique for children with mucopolysaccharidoses using the laryngeal mask airway.
 
 
 
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