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Chondro-osteodystrophy (Morquio Brailsford disease, mucopolysaccharidosis type IV A). 1992

S Roche, and J Callaghan, and J F Fielding

Dept of Medicine and Gastroenerology and Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.

We report three cases of Morquio Brailsford Disease (Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV A) in an Irish family. We are unaware of any previous similar report from this Country.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007494	Ireland	A country in western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. The capital is Dublin.	Eire,Ireland, Republic of,Irish Free State
D008297	Male		Males
D009083	Mucopolysaccharidoses	Group of lysosomal storage diseases each caused by an inherited deficiency of an enzyme involved in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides). The diseases are progressive and often display a wide spectrum of clinical severity within one enzyme deficiency.	Mucopolysaccharidosis
D009085	Mucopolysaccharidosis IV	Genetic disorder of mucopolysaccharide metabolism characterized by skeletal abnormalities, joint instability, development of cervical myelopathy, and excessive urinary keratan sulfate. There are two biochemically distinct forms, each due to a deficiency of a different enzyme.	Eccentro-Osteochondrodysplasia,Morquio's Disease,Eccentroosteochondrodysplasia,GALNS Deficiency,Galactosamine-6-Sulfatase Deficiency,MPS IV A,MPS IV B,MPS IVA,MPS IVB,Morquio A Disease,Morquio B Syndrome,Morquio Disease,Morquio Syndrome,Morquio Syndrome A,Morquio Syndrome B,Morquio Syndrome, Type B,Morquio's Disease Type B,Morquio's Syndrome,Morquio-B Disease,Mucopolysaccharidosis 4,Mucopolysaccharidosis 4B,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV A,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV B,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVB,Deficiencies, GALNS,Deficiencies, Galactosamine-6-Sulfatase,Deficiency, GALNS,Deficiency, Galactosamine-6-Sulfatase,Disease, Morquio,Disease, Morquio A,Disease, Morquio's,Disease, Morquio-B,Eccentro Osteochondrodysplasia,Eccentro-Osteochondrodysplasias,Eccentroosteochondrodysplasias,GALNS Deficiencies,Galactosamine 6 Sulfatase Deficiency,Galactosamine-6-Sulfatase Deficiencies,IV, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type,IVs, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type,Morquio B Disease,Morquio Syndromes,Morquios Disease,Morquios Syndrome,Mucopolysaccharidosis 4Bs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVBs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVs,Syndrome A, Morquio,Syndrome, Morquio,Syndrome, Morquio B,Syndrome, Morquio's,Syndromes, Morquio,Type IV, Mucopolysaccharidosis,Type IVs, Mucopolysaccharidosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults