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Paediatric pseudoxanthoma elasticum with cardiovascular involvement.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Nov 2013
Li Q, Baker J, Kowalczyk J, Jiang Q, Uitto J, Schachner L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is characterized by aberrant mineralization of connective tissues, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. The disease is typically of late onset, the skin manifestations first being noted in the teens or later. Another aberrant mineralization disorder, generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI), is present at birth and can demonstrate a phenotypic...
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