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Calcinosis

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Definition: Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues.  deposition of calcium salts in tissues; most texts will say "calcification"; coord IM with organ/diseases term (IM); for calcinosis of the heart, coord IM with CARDIOMYOPATHIES (IM), not HEART DISEASES   
See Also Chondrocalcinosis
Examples Calciphylaxis; CREST Syndrome; Nephrocalcinosis; Vascular Calcification 		Other names Calcification, Pathologic; Calcinoses; Pathologic Calcification
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Cardiomyopathy, fatal fetal, due to myocardial calcification  0   *Calcinosis *Fetal Death *Cardiomyopathies. Am J Med Genet. 2001;101(3):255-8
Baraitser Brett Piesowicz syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases *Calcinosis *Microcephaly.
Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 2  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Calcinosis.
Primrose syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Calcinosis *Ear Diseases *Intellectual Disability *Muscular Atrophy.
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification, childhood onset  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Calcinosis.
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification 1  0   *Brain Diseases *Calcinosis *Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Keutel syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Calcinosis *Cartilage Diseases *Hand Deformities, Congenital *Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.
Whyte Murphy Fallon Sly syndrome  0   *Acidosis, Renal Tubular *Calcinosis *Osteopetrosis Basal Ganglia/abnormalities.
Schofer Beetz Bohl syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases, Metabolic *Calcinosis *Diabetes Insipidus *Intellectual Disability.
Piepkorn Karp Hickok syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Calcinosis *Cleft Palate *Craniosynostoses *Syndactyly *Urogenital Abnormalities *Cardiovascular Abnormalities Ribs/abnormalities Toes/abnormalities.
Epilepsy occipital calcifications  0   *Calcinosis *Epilepsy.
Choroid plexus calcification with mental retardation  0   *Calcinosis *Intellectual Disability Choroid Plexus/abnormalities.
Rambaud Galian syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases *Calcinosis *Hyaline Membrane Disease *Ischemia *Retinal Diseases.
vascular calcification-associated factor, human  0   *Proteins Calcinosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005 Sep;25(9):1851-7
vascular calcification-associated factor, Bos taurus  0   *Proteins Calcinosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005 Sep;25(9):1851-7

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