Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases
MPS House, Repton Place, White Lion Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9LP, UK
Tel: 0845 389 9901 Fax: 0845 389 9902
National Registered Charity No. 287034

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Mucopolysaccharide & Related Diseases are individually rare; cumulatively affecting 1:25,000 live births. One baby born every eight days will be diagnosed with an MPS or Related Disease. These multi-organ storage diseases cause progressive physical disability and, in many cases, severe degenerative mental deterioration resulting in death in childhood.

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