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Genetic aspects of the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS, EDSIV) in Japan.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Feb 2007
Watanabe Atsushi, Kosho Tomoki, Wada Takahiro, Sakai Noriyasu, Fujimoto Mitsuo, Fukushima Yoshimitsu, Shimada Takashi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS, EDS type IV; MIM#130050) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder that results from mutations in the genes for type III procollagen (COL3A1). Affected individuals with vEDS are at risk of arterial rupture, aneurysm, and/or dissection; gastrointestinal perforation or rupture; and uterine rupture during pregnancy, which may lead to sudden death....
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