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Variants in genes encoding pyrophosphate metabolizing enzymes are associated with Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Oct 2014
Dabisch-Ruthe Mareike, Brock Alexander, Kuzaj Patricia, Charbel Issa Peter, Szliska Christiane, Knabbe Cornelius, Hendig Doris
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OBJECTIVES: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare hereditary disorder characterized by progressive calcification and fragmentation of elastic fibers. Because of the great clinical variability between PXE patients the involvement of modifier genes was recently suggested. Therefore, we investigated the association of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in selected candidate genes known to regulate cellular...
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