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Sudden death as a result of colon perforation; Ehlers-Danlos type IV case with postmortem diagnosis.
Journal of forensic and legal medicine - 1 Jul 2020
Güven Salih, Kule Osman, Güleş Duygu, Okumuş Hasan, Oruç Mucahit, Celbiş Osman
Abstract excerpt
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a connective tissue disease with heterogeneous subgroups. In type IV EDS, also known as vascular EDS (VEDS), the underlying genetic anomaly consists of a mutation of the COL3A1 gene encoding the type III procollagen. As a result of the mutation, pathological findings due to excessive brittleness of the tubular organs or vessels occur. In our case, we present a patient with sudden...
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