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Early venous manifestation of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type IV through a novel mutation in COL3A1.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Wendorff Heiko, Pelisek Jaroslav, Zimmermann Alexander, Mayer Karin, Seidel Heide, Weirich Gregor, Hausser Ingrid, Siegel Corinna, Zernecke Alma, Eckstein Hans-Henning
Abstract excerpt
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) leads to abnormalities in the synthesis of collagen and complications involving arterial vessels. We describe here a mutation in the intron 14 of the COL3A1 gene leading to EDS Type IV (EDS IV) associated with venous manifestations only. The patient, an 18-year-old male, suffered from truncal varicosity of the long saphenous vein on both sides. Conventional stripping surgery of the...
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