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    Journal of polymers and the environment 8 (2000), S. 67-79 
    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Polyvinyl alcohol ; biodegradation ; soil, clay ; adsorption
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract The rates and extents of absorption and desorption of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) samples on different solid substrates comprising montmorillonite, quartz sand, and farm soil, as well as humic acid mixture are reported. The uptake of PVA by the substrates was analyzed as a function of PVA hydrolysis (72–98%), molecular weight, and molecular weight distribution. Higher adsorption was detected on montmorillonite followed by farm soil, whereas the quartz sand did not display any specific adsorption affinity for the PVA. An increase in the hydrolysis degree of PVA increased the adsorption rate and extent whereas this feature was reversed by an increase in PVA molecular weight. The desorption of PVA samples from the different substrates was performed both under various pH conditions and in the presence of concentrated HF that was used to dissolve the silicon derivatives present in the substrates. Biodegradation experiments carried out in liquid cultures of PVA adsorbed on montmorillonite showed that the mineralization of the adsorbed PVA was much lower than that detected for the nonadsorbed PVA. This investigation suggests that irreversible adsorption of PVA on the clay component occurs in soil, thus substantially inhibiting PVA biodegradation.
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    Journal of polymers and the environment 8 (2000), S. 91-96 
    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Polyester amide ; hemp fiber ; composite ; biodegradation ; carbon balance
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract In a composite, fast degradable fibers determine the degradation of the slowly degradable matrix. Such biodegradable composites consisting of degummed hemp fibers and a polyester amide matrix were produced with fiber mass fractions between 0 and 0.48. The hot-pressed plates, 1-mm thick, were incubated in a standard soil. The degradation kinetics was quantified by the measurement of CO2 production. Furthermore, after termination of experiment, the carbon balance was uncovered. The results were fitted to an exponential law taking into account the degradation of fibers. The increased amount of pores realized by high fiber contents induces pronounced degradation. The degradation is fully characterized by the time constant τ, which is correlated to the fiber mass fraction. The model allows to predict the degradation kinetics of composites with a few well-defined experiments.
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    Journal of polymers and the environment 8 (2000), S. 167-174 
    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Polyimides ; electronic insulation ; biodegradation ; biodeterioration ; fungi ; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract An electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique was evaluated for monitoring microbial degradation of electronic packaging polyimides. The microbial inoculum was a mixed culture of fungi isolated previously from deteriorated polyimides. The active fungal consortium comprised Aspergillus versicolor, Cladosporium cladosporioides, and a Chaetomium species. After inoculation, fungal growth on the polyimides resulted in distinctive EIS spectra indicative of polymer insulation failure, which directly related to polymer integrity. Degradation appeared to occur in a number of steps and two distinctive stages in the decline of film resistance were observed in the inoculated EIS cells within the 2 and 10 weeks after inoculation. The early stage of resistance decrease may be related to the ingress of water molecules and ionic species into the polymeric materials, whereas the second stage probably resulted from partial degradation of the polymers by fungal growth on the polymer film. The relationship between changes of impedance spectra and microbial degradation of the polymer was further supported by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations of fungi growing on the surface of the inoculated polyimides. Our data indicate that the EIS can be used in detection of early degradation of resistant polymers and polyimides that are susceptible to biodeterioration.
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    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Extruded ; polyvinyl alcohol ; starch ; glycerol ; biodegradation ; films
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract Elongation properties of extruded cornstarch were improved by blending with glycerol. Further blending of starch-glycerol with polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resulted in significant improvements in both tensile strength (TS) and elongation at break. Samples of starch-glycerol without PVOH equilibrated at 50% relative humidity had a TS of 1.8 MPa and elongation of 113%, whereas those containing PVOH had a TS and elongation of 4 MPa and 150%, respectively. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of starch-glycerol-PVOH blends showed that decreases in glass transition temperatures (T g values) were proportional to glycerol content. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of fractured surfaces revealed numerous cracks in starch-glycerol (80:20) samples. Cracks were absent in starch-glycerol (70:30) samples. In both blends, many starch granules were exposed at the surface. No exposed starch granules were visible in blends with added PVOH. Starch-glycerol samples incubated in compost lost up to 70% of their dry weight within 22 days. Addition of PVOH lowered both the rate and extent of biodegradation.
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    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Polyion complex fibers ; biodegradation ; soil filamentous fungi, chitosan ; poly(L-lysine) ; gellan
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract The degradation of two kinds of polyion complex (PIC) fibers, chitosan-gellan (CGF), and poly(L-lysine)-gellan (LGF) fibers, by seven species of soil filamentous fungi has been investigated. All of the pure-line soil filamentous fungi, Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium caseicolum, P. citrinum, Mucor sp., Rhizopus sp., Curvularia sp., and Cladosporium sp. grew on the two fiber materials. Microscopic observation of the biodegradation processes revealed that P. caseicolum on the CGF and LGF grew, along with the accompanying collapse of the fiber matrices. In the biochemical oxygen-demand (BOD) test, the biodegradation of the LGF by P. caseicolum and Curvularia sp. exceeded 97% carbon dioxide generation and the biodegradation of the CGF by A. oryzae was 59%. These results might offer some clues to the applications of the PIC fibers as environmentally biodegradable materials.
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    Calcified tissue international 10 (1972), S. 31-37 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Molecular weight ; Chondroitin sulphate ; Cartilage ; Aging ; Osteoarthritis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Le poids moléculaire du sulfate de chondroitine de cartilage articulaire normal et de l'épiphyse inférieure fémorale de cas d'autopsie, d'âges variés, et de cartilage ostéo-arthritique a été déterminé par chromatographie de gel sur Sephadex G-200. Les échantillons de polysaccharide se situent dans les mêmes variations de poids moléculaire, mais diffèrent par la distribution de ce dernier. Le poids moléculaire moyen de sulfate de chondroitine du cartilage articulaire normal est plus élevé chez le nouveauné et les sujets jeunes que chez l'adulte ou le vieillard. Le sulfate de chondroitine de cartilage ostéo-arthritique a un poids moléculaire inférieur que celui du cartilage macroscopiquement normal. La signification des variations dans la longueur des chaines polysaccharidiques est discutée.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Molekulargewichts-Verteilung von Chondroitinsulfat im normalen Gelenkknorpel der unteren Femora-Epiphyse (menschliche Autopsien von verschiedenen Altersgruppen) und im osteo-arthritischen Knorpel wurde mittels Gel-Chromatographie auf Sephadex G-200 bestimmt. Die Polysaccharidproben fielen in denselben Molekulargewichts-Bereich, aber die Molekulargewichts-Verteilung war unterschiedlich. Das durchschnittliche Molekulargewicht des Chondroitinsulfates von normalem Gelenkknorpel war bei Neugeborenen und jungen Individuen höher als bei erwachsenen oder älteren Personen. Chondroitinsulfat von osteoarthritischem Knorpel hatte das niedrigere Molekulargewicht als dasjenige von makroskopisch normalem Knorpel. Die beobachteten Variationen in den Längen der Polysaccharidketten werden diskutiert.
    Notes: Abstract The molecular weight distributions of chondroitin sulphate from normal articular cartilage of the lower femoral epiphysis from human autopsy cases of different ages and from osteoarthritic cartilage have been determined by gel chromatography on Sephadex G-200. The polysaccharide samples fell within the same molecular weight range but differed with respect to molecular weight distribution. The average molecular weight of chondroitin sulphate from normal articular cartilage was higher in newborn and young individuals than in adults or the aged. Chondroitin sulphate from osteoarthritic cartilage had a lower molecular weight than that from macroscopically normal cartilage. The observed variations in polysaccharide chain length are discussed.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Pyrophosphate ; Bone ; Cartilage ; Calcification
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Les concentrations de pyrophosphate inorganiques (PPi), d'orthophosphate et de calcium ont été déterminées dans le cartilage au repos, en prolifération, hypertrophique et calcifié au niveau d'épiphyses foetales de veaux et aussi dans l'os spongieux, périosté et compact. Dans les échantillons de cartilage, le contenu en PPi augmente progressivement dans l'ordre énoncé ci-dessus, de 8.59 μg P/g en poids sec de cartilage au repos à 236 μg P/g en poids sec dans le cartilage calcifié. Cependant, le rapport PPi sur orthophosphate suit une relation inverse: il est plus élevé dans la zone de repos et diminue considérablement lorsque le tissu se calcifie. Le rôle possible du PPi, en inhibant la précipitation de phosphate de calcium amorphe (ACP) et en ralentissant la transformation d'ACP en hydroxyleapatite (HA) dans les tissus calcifiés, est envisagé par rapport à d'autres facteurs, tels que le collagène, le magnésium, les phospholipides et les protéines-polysaccharides, qui peuvent aussi intervenirin vivo. Pour l'instant, aucun facteur isolé ne peut être considéré comme un régulateur physiologique certain.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Der Gehalt an anorganischem Pyrophosphat (PPi), Orthophosphat und Calcium wurde in ruhendem, proliferierendem, hypertrophischem und verkalktem Knorpel von foetalen Kalbsepiphysen und auch in spongiösem, periostalem und kompaktem Knochen gemessen. Bei den Knorpelproben nahm der Gehalt an PPi progressiv in der oben angegebenen Reihenfolge zu: von 8,59 μg P/g Trockengewicht in ruhendem Knorpel bis zu 236 μg P/g Trockengewicht in verkalktem Knorpel. Das PPi/Orthophosphat-Verhältnis hingegen verlief in umgekehrter Richtung; es war am höchsten in der ruhenden Zone und nahm dramatisch ab, wenn das Gewebe verkalkte. Die mögliche Rolle von PPi bei der Hemmung der Ausfällung von amorphem Calciumphosphat (ACP) und bei der Verlangsamung der Umwandlung von ACP in Hydroxyapatit (HA) in verkalkenden Geweben wird in bezug auf folgende anderen Faktoren, welche den Vorgang in vivo ebenfalls beieinflussen könnten, diskutiert: Collagen, Magnesium, Phospholipide und Proteinpolysaccharide. Bis jetzt war es nicht möglich, einen einzelnen Faktor als sicheren physiologischen Regulator zu identifizieren.
    Notes: Abstract The amounts of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), orthophosphate and calcium have been measured in resting, proliferating, hypertrophic and calcified cartilage from foetal calf epiphyses and also in cancellous, periosteal and compact bone. In the cartilage samples, the content of PPi increased progressively in the order named above, from values of 8.59 μg P/g dry weight in resting cartilage to 236 μg P/g dry weight in calcified cartilage. However, the ratio of PPi to orthophosphate followed the reverse relationship and was highest in the resting zone and fell dramatically as the tissue calcified. The possible role of PPi in inhibiting the precipitation of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) and in the slowing the transformation of ACP to hydroxyapatite (HA) in calcifying tissues is discussed in relation to other factors, such as collagen, magnesium, phospholipids and proteinpolysaccharides, which might also influence the processin vivo. At present, no single factor can be identified as a proven physiological regulator.
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    Calcified tissue international 13 (1973), S. 271-285 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Glycosaminoglycans ; Extraction ; Epiphysis ; Cartilage ; Bone
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des glycosaminoglycanes de zones au repos, sériées, hypertrophiques et calcifiées de la métaphyse épiphysaire et du cartilage du septum nasal ont été extraits à l'aide d'un solvant, 3 M GuCl, selon Sajdera et Hascall (1969), pour séparer les glycosaminoglycanes en une partie que l'on peut extraire et une partie qui reste liée au tissu. Le cartilage épiphysaire nécessite des temps d'extraction plus prolongés que le cartilage du septum nasal pour extraire des quantités similaires de glycosaminoglycanes acides suggérant une liaison plus étroite de ces derniers dans le tissu. Vers le front de calcification, les glycosaminoglycanes sont extraits plus facilement alors que dans la zone calcifiée pas plus de 30% ne peut être extrait. Des résultats obtenus par le procédé de microfractionnement CPC d'Antonopoulos et coll. (1964) indiquent une distribution similaire selon le poids moléculaire et/ou la densité de charge pour le chondroitine sulfate qui se laisse extraire ou non du cartilage du septum nasal et le chondroitine sulfate que l'on ne peut extraire du cartilage du septum nasal et des zones au repos et sériées de la métaphyse. Les glycosaminoglycanes des zones hypertrophiques et calcifiées que l'on ne peut extraire sont surtout de faible poids moléculaire et/ou leur densité de charge se compare au pool que l'on peut extraire. L'acide hyaluronique ne peut être extrait du septum nasal et des zones au repos, sériées et hypertrophiques avec des concentrations croissantes vers le front de calcification. Dans la zone calcifiée, un changement avec augmentation de l'acide hyaluronique que l'on peut extraire est noté. Ces résultats sont discutés.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die sauren Glycosaminoglycane von ruhenden, säulenförmigen, hypertrophischen und verkalkten Zonen der Epiphysen-Wachstumsplatte und des Nasenseptum-Knorpels vom Kalb wurden mittels eines dissoziierenden Lösungsmittels, 3 M Guanidinchlorid, nach Sajdera und Hascall (1969) extrahiert, um die Glycosaminoglycane in einen extrahierbaren und einen unextrahierbaren Anteil — dieser bleibt ans Gewebe gebunden — zu trennen. Der Epiphysenknorpel beanspruchte längere Extraktionszeiten als der Nasenseptumknorpel, um vergleichbare Mengen saurer Glycosaminoglycane abzugeben. Dies deutet auf eine stärkere Bindung der Proteoglycane im Gewebe. Die Glycosaminoglycane ließen sich leichter aus dem Bereich der Verkalkungsfront extrahieren, während aus der verkalkten Zone nicht mehr als 30% extrahiert werden konnten. Die Resultate, die mit dem Cetylpyridinchlorid-Mikrofraktionierungsverfahren von Antonopouloset al. (1964) erhalten wurden, deuteten auf eine ähnliche Verteilung entsprechend dem Molekulargewicht und/oder der Ladungsdichte für extrahierbares und unextrahierbares Chondroitinsulfat im Nasenseptumknorpel und in ruhenden und säulenförmigen Zonen der Epiphysen-Wachstumsplatte. Die unextrahierbaren Glycosaminoglycane in hypertrophischen und verkalkten Zonen zeigten vorwiegend niederes Molekulargewicht und/oder niedere Ladungsdichte im Vergleich zum extrahierbaren Anteil. Die Hyaluronsäure ließ sich aus Nasenseptum und ruhenden, säulenförmigen und hypertrophischen Zonen nicht extrahieren und zeigte höhere Konzentrationen als in der Verkalkungsfront. In der verkalkten Zone erfolgte eine Verschiebung zu meist extrahierbarer Hyaluronsäure. Die Bedeutung dieser Befunde wird diskutiert.
    Notes: Abstract The acid glycosaminoglycans of resting, columnar, hypertrophic and calcified zones of calf epiphyseal growth plate and of nasal septum cartilage were extracted with a dissociative solvent, 3M GuCl, according to Sajdera and Hascall (1969), to separate the glycosaminoglycans into an extractable pool and an unextractable pool which remains bound within the tissue. Epiphyseal cartilage required longer extraction times than did nasal septum cartilage to extract comparable amounts of acid glycosaminoglycans suggesting a stronger binding of proteoglycans within the tissue. Towards the calcification front the glycosaminoglycans were extracted more easily while in calcified zone not more than 30% could be extracted. Data obtained by the CPC microfractionation procedure of Antonopouloset al. (1964) indicated similar distribution according to molecular weight and/or charge density for extractable and unextractable chondroitin sulphate in nasal septum cartilage and in resting and columnar zones of epiphyseal growth plate. Unextractable glycosaminoglycans in hypertrophic and calcified zones were of predominantly low molecular weight and/or charge density compared to the extractable pool. Hyaluronic acid was unextractable in nasal septum and in resting, columnar and hypertrophic zones with increasing concentrations towards the calcification front. In calcified zone a shift to mainly extractable hyaluronic acid occurred. The significance of these findings is discussed.
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    Calcified tissue international 13 (1973), S. 131-142 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Mucopolysaccharide ; Synthesis ; Vitamin A ; Cartilage ; Tissue culture
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'effet de la vitamine A sur la synthèse des mucopolysaccharides acides a été étudiéin vitro dans des cultures cellulaires de chondrocytes sternaux d'embryons de poulets. La vitamine A provoque une inhibition, liée à la concentration, de la synthèse des mucopolysaccharides acides. L'effet d'inhibition de la vitamine A sur la synthèse des mucopolysaccharides acides n'est pas la conséquence d'une cytotoxicité générale, étant donné que dans les conditions utilisées, provoquant une inhibition de 50% de la synthèse mucopolysaccharidique, l'incorporation de leucine en matériel insoluble acide ou la synthèse de collagène n'est pas altérée. L'activation des lysosomes ne semblent pas intervenir dans l'inhibition de l'incorporation de sulfate, étant donné que l'acide E-amino caproique (un inhibiteur protéique) et la chloroquine (un stabilisateur de membrane des lysosomes) n'inversent pas cette inhibition. En plus, l'augmentation de la dégénérescence polysaccharidique est trop faible pour rendre compte de l'incorporation de sulfate inhibé par la vitamine A. L'action de la vitamine A n'est pas facilement modifiée et les chondrocytes deviennent fibroblastiques après 24 heures de traitement avec 3 μg/ml de vitamine A. Etant donné que l'incorporation de glucose en polysaccharides est plus rapidement inhibée que la glucosamine ou sulfate, il semble que la vitamine A agit par un mécanisme inconnu pour inhiber une étape préliminaire de la biosynthèse des mucopolysaccharides.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Wirkung von Vitamin A auf die Synthese von sauren Mucopolysacchariden wurde in vitro in Zellkulturen von Chondrocyten aus dem Sternum von Kükenembryonen studiert. Vitamin A verursacht eine Konzentrations-abhängige Hemmung der Synthese saurer Mucopolysaccharide. Die Hemmwirkung von Vitamin A auf die Synthese saurer Mucopolysaccharide ist nicht die Folge einer allgemeinen Cytotoxicität, denn unter den hier untersuchten Bedingungen besteht wohl eine über 50%ige Hemmung der Mucopolysaccharid-Synthese, aber weder der Einbau von Leucin in Säure-unlösliches Material noch die Collagensynthese werden verändert. Eine Lysosomen-Aktivierung scheint an der Hemmung des Sulfateinbaus nicht beteiligt zu sein, da E-Aminocapron-Säure (ein Hemmstoff der Protease) und Chloroquin (ein Stabilisator der Lysosomen-Membran) diese Hemmung nicht aufheben. Außerdem ist der erhöhte Polysaccharid-Abbau zu gering, um als Ursache für einen durch Vitamin A gehemmten Sulfateinbau in Betracht zu kommen. Die Wirkung von Vitamin A läßt sich nicht leicht rückgängig machen und die Chondrocyten werden nach einer 24 stündigen Behandlung mit 3 μg Vitamin A/ml fibroblastisch. Da der Glucoseeinbau durch die Polysaccharide schneller gehemmt wird als derjenige von Glucosamin oder Sulfat, wird vermutet, daß Vitamin A durch einen unbekannten Mechanismus eine frühe Stufe im Verlauf der Mucopolysaccharid-Biosynthese hemmt.
    Notes: Abstract The effect of vitamin A on the synthesis of acid mucopolysaccharides has been studiedin vitro in cell cultures of chick embryo sternal chondrocytes. Vitamin A produces a concentration-dependent inhibition of acid mucopolysaccharide synthesis. the inhibitory effect of vitamin A on acid mucopolysaccharide synthesis is not the result of a general cytotoxicity, since, under the conditions studied here, while there is over a 50% inhibition of mucopolysaccharide synthesis, the incorporation of leucine into acid insoluble material or the synthesis of collagen is unaltered. Lysosomal activation does not appear to be involved in the inhibition of sulfate incorporation, since E-amino caproic acid (a protease inhibitor) and chloroquine (a lysosomal membrane stabilizer) do not reverse this inhibition. In addition, enhanced polysaccharide breakdown is too small to account for vitamin A-inhibited sulfate incorporation. The effect of vitamin A is not readily reversed and chondrocytes become fibroblastic after a 24 hour treatment with 3 μg/ml of vitamin A. Because the incorporation of glucose into polysaccharides is inhibited faster than glucosamine or sulfate, it is suggested that vitamin A acts by an unknown mechanism to inhibit a step early in the pathway for mucopolysaccharide biosynthesis.
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    Calcified tissue international 16 (1974), S. 183-192 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Mucopolysaccharides ; Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia ; Cartilage ; Growth defects
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Iliac crest cartilage biopsies from five children with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita contained increased amounts of chondroitin-6-sulfate and keratan sulfate. The increase was similar to that observed in the cartilage of patients with Morquio's disease. However, unlike patients with Morquio's disease, those with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita did not excrete an abnormal amount of keratan sulfate in urine. Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita can be considered a mucopolysaccharidosis without mucopolysacchariduria.
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