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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV and a novel mutation of the type III procollagen gene as a cause of abdominal apoplexy.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Aug 2002
Hassan Imran, Rasmussen Todd E, Schwarze Ulrike, Rose Peter S, Whiteman David A H, Gloviczki Peter
Abstract excerpt
Abdominal apoplexy is a clinical entity characterized by spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage from rupture of a visceral vessel. We describe a 34-year-old man who presented with abdominal apoplexy due to rupture of an ileocolic aneurysm. Subsequent biochemical and genetic analysis confirmed the diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV based on abnormal production of type III procollagen and a novel mutation...
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