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Medical Definition of Mucopolysaccharidoses
1. Inherited diseases in humans resulting from inability to break down glycosaminoglycans. Hunter syndrome and Hurler syndrome, for example: result from defects in lysosomal enzymes needed to break down sulphated mucopolysaccharides. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucopolysaccharidoses
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