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Molecular genetics of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Aug 2001
Ringpfeil F, Pulkkinen L, Uitto J
Abstract excerpt
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a systemic heritable connective tissue disorder, is characterized by progressive calcification of elastic structures in the skin, the eyes and the cardiovascular system, with considerable intra- and interfamilial phenotypic variability. Recently, underlying genetic defects have been identified in the ABCC6 gene, which resides on the chromosomal locus 16p13.1 and encodes the MRP6...
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