Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) and other ectopic mineralization disorders are genetic conditions characterized by abnormal calcification in soft tissues, leading to various health complications.

HYDROPS fetalis associated with hemoglobin Barts is believed to represent the homozygous state of α thalassemia. Ten cases occurring in Chinese families in Indonesia, Malaya and Hong Kong, 1 in a ...

Ectopic pregnancy occurs in the fallopian tube in over 95% of cases. [3] Other locations for ectopic pregnancies are rare: abdominal, ovarian or cervical. The most common location in the fallopian ...

The concave zone of papillary calculi can contain a range of calcified lesions, from little HAP residues to typical well-developed HAP plaques, also known as Randall's plaques. The morphology of ...

Objectives With improved access to intrauterine transfusion (IUT), more fetuses with haemoglobin Bart’s hydrops fetalis (HBHF; homozygous α 0-thalassaemia) will survive. Design To evaluate the ...

From the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (L.A.P., L.F.G., M.L.) Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital ...