title: Idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy with unusual clinical presentations in sisters.
abstract: Two cases of idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy that occurred in sisters are reported. One patient died at age 14 months after a protracted course characterized by the nephrotic syndrome, blood chemistry abnormalities, hypertension, seizures, and a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. Her sister died at age 3 weeks after a precipitous illness that initially was misinterpreted at autopsy as Reye's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rommel
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Smithson
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology