Morquio syndrome

Morquio syndrome is a very rare inherited disease. It is called mucopolysaccharidosis because the body cannot break down mucopolysaccharides which make up mucous.^[1] It has very serious effects, but can be helped by a synthetic version of the enzyme which is not working.^[2]

Morquio Syndrome Media

Corneal clouding in a 30-year-old male with MPS VI. Morquio syndrome and other MPS disorders may also present with corneal clouding.

References

↑ "MPS IV (Morquio syndrome)". MPSSociety.org. National MPS Society. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
↑ US Food and Drug Administration (14 February 2014). "FDA approves Vimizim to treat rare congenital enzyme disorder". Press release. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm386008.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[MPSSoc_IV-1] "MPS IV (Morquio syndrome)". MPSSociety.org. National MPS Society. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[2] US Food and Drug Administration (14 February 2014). "FDA approves Vimizim to treat rare congenital enzyme disorder". Press release. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm386008.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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