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[The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: the extracellular matrix scaffold in question].
Medecine sciences : M/S - 1 Apr 2003
Fichard Agnès, Chanut-Delalande Hélène, Ruggiero Florence
Abstract excerpt
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heterogeneous heritable connective tissue disorder characterized by hyper-extensible skin, hypermobile joints and fragile vessels. The molecular causes of this disorder are often, although not strictly, related to collagens and to the enzymes that process these proteins. The classical form of the syndrome, which will be principally discussed in this review, can be due to...
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