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mucopolysaccharidosis X

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A mucopolysaccharidos characterized by childhood-onset disorder associated with disproportionate short-trunk short stature and skeletal, cardiac, and ophthalmologic abnormalities that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the AR

A mucopolysaccharidos characterized by childhood-onset disorder associated with disproportionate short-trunk short stature and skeletal, cardiac, and ophthalmologic abnormalities that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ARSK gene, which encodes arylsulfatase K, on chromosome 5q15.

Signs and symptoms

  • Coarse facial features
  • Spatulate ribs
  • Broad clavicle
  • Genu valgum
  • Disproportionate short-trunk short stature
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Posterior scalloping of vertebral bodies
  • Platyspondyly
  • Dermatan sulfate excretion in urine
  • Broad ribs

Also known as: MPS10; MSP type X; mucopolysaccharidosis due to ARSK deficiency