Urinary mucopolysaccharides in acheiropodia.
Urinary mucopolysaccharides from three patients with acheiropodia were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed by agar gel electrophoresis coupled with enzymatic degradation. Although no abnormal pattern was characterized, eventual metabolic dysfunction detected only in bone/cartilage tissues could not be ruled out.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000652:urine; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002807:Chondroitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000652:urine*; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome
D002807:Chondroitin; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates