"Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inherited disorder of connective tissue with extensive degeneration and calcification of ELASTIC TISSUE primarily in the skin, eye, and vasculature. At least two forms exist, autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant. This disorder is caused by mutations of one of the ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS. Patients are predisposed to MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION and GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE.
| Descriptor ID |
D011561
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.454.530 C15.378.463.515.530 C16.131.831.766 C16.320.850.750 C17.300.766 C17.800.804.766 C17.800.827.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Gronblad-Strandberg Syndrome- Gronblad-Strandberg Syndrome
- Gronblad Strandberg Syndrome
- Syndrome, Gronblad-Strandberg
- Groenblad-Strandberg Syndrome
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, Incomplete- Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, Incomplete
- Elasticum, Incomplete Pseudoxanthoma
- Elasticums, Incomplete Pseudoxanthoma
- Incomplete Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
- Incomplete Pseudoxanthoma Elasticums
- Pseudoxanthoma Elasticums, Incomplete
- Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, Autosomal Dominant
- Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, Forme Fruste
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum" by people in Profiles.
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A 56-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Subcutaneous Painful Nodules in the Absence of Renal Disease: Answer. Am J Dermatopathol. 2019 Jan; 41(1):71-72.
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Images in clinical medicine. Angioid streaks in pseudoxanthoma elasticum. N Engl J Med. 1997 Sep 18; 337(12):828.
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Abnormalities of connective tissue components in lesional and non-lesional tissue of patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Arch Dermatol Res. 1993; 285(3):121-6.