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Female Patients With Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II): Insights From the Hunter Outcome Survey [PDF]
Mucopolysaccharidosis II is a rare, X‐linked disease, with very few reports of affected female patients. Natural history data describe a predominantly male population, and appropriate disease characterization in female patients is lacking.
Barbara K. Burton +10 more
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Article is devoted to one of the orphan diseases — mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), which is the result of any lysosomal enzyme deficiency (which determines the type of illness). The most common is the MPS type II (Hunter syndrome), developing as a result of
N.D. Vashakmadze +6 more
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Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II: A Kenyan Case Series
Hunter syndrome, or mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 (MPS2), is a lysosomal storage disorder associated with the involvement of multiple organs such as the central nervous system, hepatomegaly, musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiac, and hearing.
L. N. Wainaina Mungai +3 more
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Analysis of cognitive ability and adaptive behavior assessment tools used in an observational study of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis II [PDF]
Background Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II) is a rare lysosomal storage disease characterized by cognitive impairment in most patients. This post hoc analysis evaluated changes in cognitive function, adaptive behavior and functional outcomes in patients
Karen S. Yee +3 more
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The diagnosis and management of mucopolysaccharidosis type II
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is a rare X-linked recessive inherited lysosomal storage disease. With pathogenic variants of the IDS gene, the activity of iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) is reduced or lost, causing the inability to degrade ...
Shao-Jia Mao +4 more
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MUCOPOLYSACHARIDOSIS II AND SURGERY /REVIEW/ [PDF]
Patients with type mucopolysaccharidosis/MPS/ II usually undergo surgery at an early age before the diagnosed. Mucopolysaccharidosis, type II is also known as Hunter syndrome.Recurrent early surgical interventions, especially for hernia or carpal tunnel ...
K. Kalinova, K. Georgiev, I. Mladenova
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Neuroradiological Characteristics in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Introduction: Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is an inherited metabolic disorder that is part of the lysosomal disorders; the main characteristic is the deficiency of lysosomal enzymes responsible for the degradation of glycosaminoglycans except for type II ...
Yancarlos Ramos-Villegas +10 more
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Immune-Mediated Inflammation May Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I. [PDF]
BackgroundCardiovascular disease, a progressive manifestation of α-L-iduronidase deficiency or mucopolysaccharidosis type I, continues in patients both untreated and treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or intravenous enzyme replacement ...
Dickson, Patricia I +7 more
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Mucopolysachharidosis-II: A Rare Case Report
Mucopolysaccharidosis belongs to a group of metabolic disorders caused by absence or defective activity of lysosomal enzymes. Mucopolysaccharides are major components of intercellular connective tissue and defect in their metabolism leads to an ...
Kalgi Baxi, Ashish Jagati, Pooja Agarwal
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Mucopolysaccharidosis type II is a disease caused by organ accumulation of glycosaminoglycans due to iduronate 2-sulfatase deficiency. This study investigated the pathophysiology of the bone complications associated with mucopolysaccharidosis II and the ...
Miho Wada +13 more
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