Cutaneous extensibility in pseudo-xanthoma elasticum.
In vivo skin elasticity was measured on unaffected forearm skin of twenty-five patients with pseudo-xanthoma elasticum and compared with age and sex-matched controls. The elastic modulus was raised in the recessive type I group and reduced in the dominant types I and II groups. No significant difference in skin thickness was found.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*