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Dietary magnesium, not calcium, prevents vascular calcification in a mouse model for pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a heritable disorder characterized by ectopic calcification of connective tissue in skin, Bruch’s membrane of the eye, and walls of blood vessels. PXE is caused by mutations in the ABCC6 gene, but the exact etiology is still unknown. While observations on patients s...

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Autores principales: Gorgels, Theo G. M. F., Waarsing, Jan H., de Wolf, Anneke, ten Brink, Jacoline B., Loves, Willem J. P., Bergen, Arthur A. B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20177653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00109-010-0596-3