@article{3082907,
    title = "Unstable angina associated with coronary arterial calcification in a
thalassemia intermedia patient with a pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like
syndrome",
    author = "Farmakis, D and Moyssakis, I and Perakis, A and Rombos, Y and Deftereos, and S and Giakoumis, A and Polymeropoulos, E and Aessopos, A",
    journal = "European Journal of Haematology",
    year = "2003",
    volume = "70",
    number = "1",
    pages = "64-66",
    publisher = "Wiley",
    issn = "0902-4441, 1600-0609",
    doi = "10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.02864.x",
    keywords = "thalassemia; pseudoxanthoma elasticum; coronary artery disease; arterial
calcification",
    abstract = "The coexistence of a pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)-like syndrome in
beta-thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies is a recently established
clinical entity that has been observed with a significant frequency and
related to some severe, even life-threatening complications. We present
here a thalassemia intermedia patient who developed unstable angina in a
setting of severe anemia and PXE-related coronary arterial
calcification. Besides the clinical significance of this PXE-like
syndrome, its acquired nature may introduce some new thoughts regarding
the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis."
}