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Patients with premature coronary artery disease who carry the ABCC6 R1141X mutation have no Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum phenotype.
International journal of cardiology - 28 Apr 2005
Wegman Jurgen J, Hu Xiaofeng, Tan Hendra, Bergen Arthur A B, Trip Mieke D, Kastelein John J P, Smulders Yvo M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited disorder of elastic tissue. We recently found that heterozygosity for the frequent (0.8% prevalence in Dutch population) R1141X mutation in the PXE gene coding for the ABCC6 transporter, is associated with a fourfold risk of premature coronary artery disease. Yet, it is not clear whether or not heterozygosity for this mutation results in a mild PXE...
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