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Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

What are the causes?

PXE is caused by mutations of the ABCC6 gene on chromosome 16.

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Medical text written December 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved December 2005 by Dr C Moss, Consultant Paediatric Dermatologist, Head of Dermatology Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK and Mr S Kheterpal, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Prince Charles Eye Unit, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, UK.

 

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