Morquio Syndrome WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Morquio Syndrome and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. eMedicine: Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV emedicine.com - Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV
  2. A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Morquio Syndrome nlm.nih.gov - Morquio Syndrome
  3. Healthwise (via WebMD): Morquio Syndrome children.webmd.com - Morquio Syndrome
  4. Medscape Today: Morquio's Syndrome medscape.com - Morquio's Syndrome
  5. GeneticaLens: What Is Morquio Syndrome? geneticalens.com - What Is Morquio Syndrome?
  6. WrongDiagnosis: Morquio Syndrome | Mucopolysaccharidosis IV wrongdiagnosis.com - Mucopolysaccharidosis IV
  7. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD): Morquio Syndrome rarediseases.org - Morquio Syndrome
  8. National MPS Society: MPS IV mpssociety.org - MPS IV
  9. Patient UK: Morquio's Syndrome patient.co.uk - Morquio's Syndrome
  10. Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics: Morquio's Syndrome wheelessonline.com - Morquio's Syndrome


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Research Notes on Morquio Syndrome


Morquio's syndrome (referred to as mucopolysaccharidosis IV or Morquio's) is an autosomal recessive mucopolysaccharide storage disease, usually inherited. It is a relatively rare dwarfism with serious consequences. When the body cannot process certain types of mucopolysaccharides, they build up or are eliminated, causing various symptoms. ...read more from Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • Morquio, a pediatrician in Uruguay; and Brailsford, a radiologist in England, simultaneously described cases in 1929 of what is now known as Morquio syndrome.1
  • Contact sports should be avoided to prevent trauma or damage to the spine.1
  • Most patients with Morquio syndrome have normal intelligence.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 eMedicine: Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV
  2. ↑ A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Morquio Syndrome

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