Mucopolysaccharidosis in children

Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a group of congenital genetic diseases. Due to lack of mucopolysaccharidosis enzymes, acidic mucopolysaccharides cannot be completely degraded, resulting in the accumulation of mucopolysaccharides in different tissues of the body, causing a series of clinical symptoms such as skeletal deformity and mental retardation. And signs. According to the different symptoms caused by different enzymes, they can be divided into 6 types.

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