Molecular genetics of pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a metabolic disorder at the environment-genome interface?

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a relatively rare heritable disorder affecting the skin, eyes and cardiovascular system, with considerable morbidity and mortality. The disease affects the elastic fibers of affected organs, which become progressively calcified. Thus, PXE has been considered as a prototypic heritable connective tissue disorder affecting the elastic fiber system. Recently, PXE has been linked to...

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