Role of Serum Fetuin-A, a Major Inhibitor of Systemic Calcification, in Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

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Doris Hendig · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Veronika Schulz · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Marius Arndt · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Christiane Szliska · Freudenberg (Germany)

K Kleesiek · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

C Götting · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Abstract

A deficiency of multidrug resistance-associated protein 6 leads to alteration of circulating substrates, e.g., inhibitors of calcification as fetuin-A, leading to progressive mineralization of elastic fibers in PXE.

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Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders Connective tissue disorders research Skin and Cellular Biology Research

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Published in: Clinical Chemistry

Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 227-234

DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.059253

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Role of Serum Fetuin-A, a Major Inhibitor of Systemic Calcification, in Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

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