Article
Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI phenotypes-genotypes and antibody response to galsulfase.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 4 Apr 2013
Brands Marion M, Hoogeveen-Westerveld Marianne, Kroos Marian A, Nobel Willemieke, Ruijter George J, Özkan Lale, Plug Iris, Grinberg Daniel, Vilageliu Lluïsa, Halley Dicky J, van der Ploeg Ans T, Reuser Arnold J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome; MPS VI) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder in which deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase (arylsulfatase B; ARSB) leads to the storage of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in connective tissue. The genotype-phenotype correlation has been addressed in several publications but the picture is not complete. Since 2007,...
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