Fact-sheet: Arteriosclerosis obliterans
Updated on 09/17/2021 at 12:16 PM
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Definition
a genetic cause of a rare form of arteriosclerosis, calcification of the arteries in the lower half of the body and in the joints of patients' hands and feet.
The "culprit" is a mutation in the gene encoding CD73, a protein that normally helps prevent calcium buildup. The researchers hope that their new data on this "arterial calcification due to CD73 deficiency" (ACDC) will... Learn more at http://www.paperblog.fr/4366119/arteriosclerose-acdc-decouverte-d-une-variation-genetique-responsable-new-england-journal-of-medicine/#cTSEcl9zusWU1yXU.99