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Molecular mechanisms of classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS).
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2009
Mitchell Anna L, Schwarze Ulrike, Jennings Jessica F, Byers Peter H
Abstract excerpt
Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heritable disorder characterized by joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and abnormal wound healing. The majority of affected individuals have alterations in 1 of the 2 type V collagen genes, COL5A1 and COL5A2. The most common mechanism is COL5A1 haploinsufficiency due to instability of the transcript of one allele. In dermal fibroblasts from our population of...
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