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Acute myocardial infarction and a new ABCC6 mutation in a 16-year-old boy with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
International journal of cardiology - 20 Mar 2007
Kieć-Wilk Beata, Surdacki Andrzej, Dembińska-Kieć Aldona, Michalowska Joanna, Stachura-Dereń Maria, Dubiel Jacek S, Dudek Dariusz, Rakowski Tomasz, Szastak Grzegorz, Bodzioch Marek, Aslanidis Charalampos, Schmitz Gerd
Abstract excerpt
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is caused by mutations of the ABCC6 gene. We hereby report a case of pseudoxanthoma elasticum with clinical features dominated by early coronary involvement in addition to typical skin and ocular abnormalities. A 16-year-old survivor of acute myocardial infarction with 3-vessel coronary artery disease exhibited compound heterozygosity for the well-known nonsense mutation (c.3421C>T;...
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