Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum - Also a Lung Disease? The Respiratory Affection of Patients with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum.

BACKGROUND:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal-recessive mineralisation disorder caused by loss of function mutations in the ABCC6 Gen. Histological findings and data of an autopsy of a PXE-patient suggest a possible pulmonal calcification. So far, there exists no clinical data whether PX...

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Main Authors: Simon Pingel, Sebastian Gorgonius Passon, Kristin Solveig Pausewang, Anna Katharina Blatzheim, Carmen Pizarro, Izabela Tuleta, Martin Gliem, Peter Charbel Issa, Nadjib Schahab, Georg Nickenig, Dirk Skowasch, Christian Alexander Schaefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5021259?pdf=render