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Essential component of the basic substance of connective tissue, consisting of glycosaminoglycans and proteins. The degradation takes place intracellularly by corresponding enzymes, the absence of which leads to intracellular storage of the substances, see also mucopolysaccharidoses, hereditary. Further information see below. Proteoglycans (Dermatology).
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