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Who gets pseudoxanthoma elasticum? does it run in families?
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Genetic: Pxe is a genetic condition that is transmitted in an autosomal recessive fashion, meaning when 2 unaffected partners possess a mutated gene; they can both pass the mutated gene down and cause pxe.
Answered 7/4/2012
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