"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.
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D011561
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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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