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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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announced on January 22 that it has entered into a Marketing and Distribution Agreement with California-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical granting AnGes exclusive rights to market and distribute Naglazyme(TM) (galsulfase) for patients with the genetic disease mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI; Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) in Japan. Aldurazyme is an investigational enzyme replacement therapy for patients with mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I). All of these featu res were consistent with a very narrow range of differential diagnoses, of which SED congenita was the most likely, followed by multiple epiphyseal dysplasia and type IV mucopolysaccharidosis (Morquio's syndrome). |
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