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Histological skin changes in heterozygote carriers of mutations in ABCC6, the gene causing pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Mar 2007
Martin L, Chassaing N, Delaite D, Estève E, Maître F, Le Bert M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is related to mutations in the ABCC6 gene and characterized pathologically by dystrophic and mineralized elastic fibres. Heterozygote carriers of ABCC6 mutations may have a limited PXE phenotype. OBJECTIVE: To compare histological changes in the skin of...
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