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Homozygosity for the R1268Q mutation in MRP6, the pseudoxanthoma elasticum gene, is not disease-causing.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 2 Aug 2000
Germain D P, Perdu J, Remones V, Jeunemaitre X
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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited systemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized by progressive calcification of the elastic fibers in the eye, the skin, and the cardiovascular system, resulting in decreased vision, skin lesions, and life-threatening vascular disease, with highly variable phenotypic expression. The PXE locus has been mapped to chromosome 16p13.1, and was recently further...
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