Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0007oc16 | (1) | ICCBH2019

A natural history study of generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI) and autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets (ARHR2) due to ENPP1 or ABCC6 deficiency: interim analysis

Nitschke Yvonne , Kintzinger Kristina , Hackbarth Mary , Botschen Ulrike , Wang Sisi , Gafni Rachel I , Mueller Kerstin , Ahmed Ruhi , Yuen Eric , Gahl William A , Ferreira Carlos R , Rutsch Frank

Introduction: ENPP1 Deficiency manifests as GACI type 1 in infants, a disorder characterized by extensive arterial calcifications and stenoses, often fatal in utero or in early infancy. Beyond six months, the mortality rate significantly decreases among survivors, who may later develop ARHR2, characterized clinically by short stature, bone deformities and pain. ABCC6 Deficiency also manifests as GACI type 2 in infants and is clinically indistinguishable from GACI type 1. Anima...