Vascular aspects of the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes.

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The Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes comprise a heterogeneous group of rare monogenic conditions that are characterized by joint hypermobility, skin and vascular fragility and generalized connective tissue friability. The latest classification recognizes 13 clinical subtypes, with mutations identified in 19 different genes. Besides defects in fibrillar collagens (collagen types I, III and V), their modifying enzymes...

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