Hurler Syndrome WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Hurler Syndrome
Hurler syndrome is a genetic disorder that results in the buildup of mucopolysaccharides due to a deficiency of alpha-L iduronidase, an enzyme responsible for the degradation of mucopolysaccharides in lysosomes. Without this enzyme, a buildup of heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate occurs in the body. Hurler syndrome is often classified as a lysosomal storage disease, and is clinically related to Hunter's Syndrome. ...read more from Wikipedia
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Hurler's Syndrome, Alpha-L-iduronate deficiency, MPS I H, Gargoylism, MPS Type I, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I, Hurler's Disease, Hurler Disease
- Last update: Nov. 24, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.