Chondroitin sulfate disaccharide is a specific and sensitive biomarker for mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA. [PDF]
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (MPS IVA) is an inborn error of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) catabolism characterized by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme, N‐acetylgalactosamine 6‐sulphatase (GALNS).
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Heart and Cardiovascular Involvement in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA (Morquio-A Syndrome). [PDF]
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA is a rare lysosomal storage disorder with multiple skeletal and non-skeletal abnormalities requiring multiple surgical interventions.
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Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA and severe hidradenitis suppurativa: A case series. [PDF]
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Oxidative profile exhibited by Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA patients at diagnosis: Increased keratan urinary levels. [PDF]
Morquio A disease (Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA, MPS IVA) is one of the 11 mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs), a heterogeneous group of inherited lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) caused by deficiency in enzymes need to degrade glycosaminoglycans (GAGs ...
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Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA in children: Clinical cases
Background. Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (Morquio syndrome) is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disease. Due to rarity, the syndrome is typically diagnosed at a later stage of gross affections of musculoskeletal and central nervous systems, leading to ...
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Clinical Characteristics of a Patient with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA (Morquio Syndrome)
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IVA (Morquio syndrome) is a hereditary lysosomal storage disease caused by deficiency of N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase.
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Elosulfase alfa in the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA: insights from the first managed access agreement. [PDF]
Managed access agreements provide a crucial mechanism whereby real-world data can be collected systematically to reduce uncertainty around available clinical and economic data, whilst providing the opportunity to identify patient sub-populations who are ...
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Adjunct diagnostic value of radiological findings in mucopolysaccharidosis type IVa-related thoracic spinal abnormalities: a pilot study. [PDF]
Background In patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), systematic assessment and management of cervical instability, cervicomedullary and thoracolumbar junction spinal stenosis and spinal cord compression averts or arrests irreversible neurological ...
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Evaluation of AAV vectors with tissue-specific or ubiquitous promoters in a mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA. [PDF]
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (MPS IVA) is caused by a deficiency of N-acetyl-galactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS), leading to the accumulation of keratan sulfate and chondroitin-6-sulfate and development of severe skeletal dysplasia.
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Collagen Type II-Targeting Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA. [PDF]
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS IVA) is caused by pathogenic variations in the GALNS gene, leading to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in tissues and causing progressive skeletal lesions.
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