Varied presentations of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in a family

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 817-820

  Sakata, S ^a   Su, John C ^b   Robertson, S ^b   Yin, M ^c   Chow, C W ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy; Pseudoxanthoma elasticum; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELASTIC FIBER; FAMILY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; RENAL ARTERY; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; SKIN;

EID: 33750623207     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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