Letter D

Dermatan sulfate

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An glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found mostly in skin but also in blood vessels, the heart valves, tendons, and the lungs.

Dermatan sulfate accumulates abnormally in several of the mucopolysaccharidosis disorders

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