Plasma and urinary endothelin-1 titers and plasma von Willebrand activity in Pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Haematologica. 1998 Oct;83(10):952-3.

Abstract

We found high endothelin-1 and von Willebrand factor plasma titers not only in two individuals (daughter and father) affected with Pseudoxanthoma elasticum but also in a young unaffected relative. These findings raise the possibility that these molecules could be the first biochemical fingerprints of this, still not clinically evident, rare inherited disorder of elastic tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biomarkers
  • Endothelin-1 / urine*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / blood*
  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / genetics
  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / urine*
  • von Willebrand Factor / analysis*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Endothelin-1
  • von Willebrand Factor