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Morquio syndrome

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Morquio syndrome
Mucopolysaccharidosis IV Metabolic disease An AR mucopolysaccharide storage disease characterized by 6-sulfo-N-acetylhexosaminide sulfatase deficiency and excretion of keratosulfate in urine Clinical Coarse facies, short stature, and skeletal, joint defects; onset after first yr, life expectancy 20+ yrs; may be mentally normal. See Mucopolysaccharidosis.


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Morquio syndrome may have stunted her growth and put Jamie in a wheelchair most of the time to get around, but it hadn't touched the rest of her life.
A debilitating genetic birth defect called Morquio syndrome, which affects muscle development, forced him and his sister to be homeschooled.
 
 
 
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