MAROTEAUX-LAMY SYNDROME - GENETIC DISEASES

Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome



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Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome or Mucopolysaccharidosis VI is a rare inherited disease, where the carriers have the following characteristics: Short, facial deformations, short neck, recurrent otitis, diseases in the airways, skeletal malformations and muscle stiffness. The disease is caused by changes in the enzyme Arylsulfatase B, which prevent it from performing its function that is to degrade polysaccharides, which in turn accumulate in the cells, developing the symptoms characteristic of the disease