Existe una multitud de enfermedades metabólicas caracterizadas por la presencia de facies tosca. La mayoría de ellas son enfermedades por acúmulo y presentan un fenotipo progresivo que va haciéndose más evidente con la edad, por lo que el diagnóstico temprano es dificultoso. La mejor estrategia es implementar un screening dirigido, utilizando los GAG de forma sistemática aunque la sospecha sea baja.

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MPS I (Síndrome de Hurler-Scheie).
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MPS II (Síndrome de Hunter).
MPS III (Sanfilippo).
Sanfilippo.
Sanfilippo.
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MPS IV (Morquio).

MPS VI (Maroteaux-Lamy).

MPS VII (Sly).

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