Lysosomal Storage Diseases (definition)

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Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System

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Definition: A group of enzymatic disorders affecting the nervous system and to a variable degree the skeletal system, lymphoreticular system, and other organs. The conditions are marked by an abnormal accumulation of catabolic material within lysosomes.

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Examples Fucosidosis; Glycogen Storage Disease Type II; Mucolipidoses; Sialic Acid Storage Disease; Sphingolipidoses

Other names Nervous System Lysosomal Enzyme Disorders; Lysosomal Enzyme Disorders, Nervous System; Nervous System Lysosomal Storage Diseases

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