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[Increased haemoglobin A2 levels in pseudoxanthoma elasticum].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Jan 2000
Martin L, Pissard S, Blanc P, Chassaing N, Legac E, Briault S, Le Bert M, Le Saux O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is normally associated with mutations in the ABCC6 gene. A PXE phenotype without mutations in ABCC6 has been described in Greek and Italian patients presenting with beta thalassemia. We attempted to determine the incidence of beta thalassemia in a cohort of French patients with PXE. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty patients with PXE were included in the study. Laboratory...
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