History
The first description of PXE that distinguished it from other xanthomatous conditions was by Dr Ferdinand-Jean Darrier in 1896. The eponym "Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome" is used in older literature, after two physicians who made further discoveries in the disease manifestations.
PXE has the distinction of being the only disease for which a layperson is the inventor of the gene, ABCC6. Sharon F. Terry, co-founder of PXE International with her husband, Patrick F. Terry, worked with scientists to discover and patent the gene in 2000. The Terrys' two children have pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
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