Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iva; Mps4a

Description

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease characterized by intracellular accumulation of keratan sulfate and chondroitin-6-sulfate. Key clinical features include short stature, skeletal dysplasia, dental anomalies, and corneal clouding. Intelligence is normal and there is no direct central nervous system (CNS) involvement, although the skeletal changes may result in neurologic complications. There is variable severity, but patients with the severe phenotype usually do not survive past the second or third decade of life (Montano et al., 2008).McKusick (1972) noted that between 1929 and 1959, a miscellany of skeletal disorders was included in the Morquio category, including various types of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (see, e.g., {183900}) and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (see, e.g., {132400}).Nelson et al. (1988) proposed the division of MPS IVA into 3 subgroups: severe classic, intermediate, and mild, reflecting clinical variability observed in 12 enzymatically proven cases. Those who were only mildly affected showed a relatively high residual enzyme activity.

Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iva; Mps4a

  • Short stature
  • Hearing impairment
  • Scoliosis
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Abnormality of the dentition
  • Kyphosis
  • Inguinal hernia
  • Osteoporosis
  • Mandibular prognathia
  • Skeletal dysplasia

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Incidence and onset information

— Currently we don't have prevalence information about this disease (Not enough data available about incidence and published cases.)
No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Alternative names

Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iva; Mps4a Is also known as galactosamine-6-sulfatase deficiency, mps iva, galns deficiency, morquio a disease, morquio syndrome a.

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Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iva; Mps4a Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
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RGS9, RHO, GRK1, RLBP1, RNASEL, BCS1L, RP1, RP2, RP9, RPE65, RPGR, RPL35A, MRPL3, RPS14, RS1, SAG, SARDH, SCO2, SCP2, SDHB , (...)

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Specificity
1 %
Genes
100 %
GALNS Sequence Analysis.

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

GALNS
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
GALNS Sequence Analysis (Familial Mutation/Variant Analysis).

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

GALNS
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
GALNS Sequence Analysis (Prenatal Diagnosis).

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

GALNS
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Non-immune Hydrops Panel.

By Greenwood Genetic Center Diagnostic Laboratories Greenwood Genetic Center (United States).

RIT1, RPL11, RPL35A, RPL5, RPS10, RPS17, RPS19, RPS24, RPS26, SEC23B, SLC17A5, BRAF, SMPD1, SOS1, SOS2, SOX18, UROS, CBL, SHOC2, ALG9 , (...)

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Specificity
2 %
Genes
100 %
Lysosomal Storage Disease Panel.

By Greenwood Genetic Center Diagnostic Laboratories Greenwood Genetic Center (United States).

SGSH, SLC17A5, SMPD1, TCF4, MCOLN1, NPC2, ADAMTSL2, DNAJC5, SUMF1, TPP1, CLN3, CLN5, CLN6, CLN8, DYM, ANTXR2, COL11A2, PEX26, GNE, CTNS , (...)

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Specificity
2 %
Genes
100 %
Morquio Syndrome A.

By Greenwood Genetic Center Diagnostic Laboratories Greenwood Genetic Center (United States).

GALNS
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Lysosomal Storage Disease Panel.

By Molecular Genetics Laboratory Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas "Dr. Cesar Bergada" (Argentina).

SGSH, SLC17A5, SMPD1, MCOLN1, NPC2, DNAJC5, SUMF1, TPP1, CLN3, CLN5, CLN6, CLN8, GNPTG, CTNS, CTSD, CTSK, HGSNAT, MFSD8, GNPTAB, AGA , (...)

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Genes
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