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MPS I is a mucopolysaccharide disease also called Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndrome. Hurler takes its name from Gertrude Hurler, the doctor who described a boy and girl with the condition in 1919. In 1962, Dr. Scheie, a consultant ophthalmologist, wrote about…Read More »
WHAT ARE MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS (MPS) DISORDERS? A: MPS disorders are characterized by abnormal glycosaminoglycan (GAG) accumulation resulting from deficiencies or malfunctions of enzymes involved in GAG degradation. These disorders are clinically heterogeneous and characterized by multi-systemic manifestations, including abnormal GAG accumulation-associated skeletal abnormalities…Read More »