Mucolipidosis
Mucolipidosis
Medical condition
Mucolipidosis is a group of inherited metabolic disorders that affect the body's ability to carry out the normal turnover of various materials within cells.[1]
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When originally named, the mucolipidoses derived their name from the similarity in presentation to both mucopolysaccharidoses and sphingolipidoses.[2] A biochemical understanding of these conditions has changed how they are classified. Four conditions (types I, II, III, and IV) were historically labeled as mucolipidoses. However, type I (sialidosis) is now classified as a glycoproteinosis,[2] and type IV (Mucolipidosis type IV) is now classified as a gangliosidosis.[3]