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Table 2 Main characteristic of CTCD

From: Role of patients associations in connective tissue calcifiying diseases: a position statement from EuroSoftCalc.Net group

Condition

Orpha code

Gene

Prevalence

Symptoms

PXE

758

ABCC6

1–9/100,000

Loss of vision, skin papules, peripheral arterial disease

GACI

51,608

ENPP1

1/566,000

Arterial calcification, arterial stenosis, arterial hypertension, myocardial ischemia, premature death

PHP

97,953

PH1PA

1–9/1,000,000

Growth velocity decreasing progressively, Adult short stature, obesity, neurological impairment, advanced bone disease

CALJA

289,601

NT5E

 < 1/1,000,000

Calcification of aneurysmally dilated arteries of lower extremity, intermittent claudication and limb ischemia

  1. PXE, Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum; GACI, Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy; PHP, Pseudohypoparathydoidism; CALJA, CALcification of Joints and Arteries