Article
An exon skipping mutation of a type V collagen gene (COL5A1) in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 1996
Nicholls A C, Oliver J E, McCarron S, Harrison J B, Greenspan D S, Pope F M
Abstract excerpt
The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heterogeneous group of inherited connective tissue disorders characterised by skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility, easy bruising, and cutaneous fragility. Nine discrete clinical subtypes have been classified. We have investigated the molecular defect in a patient with clinical features of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes types I/II and VII. Electron microscopy of skin tissue...
Topics
- Adult
- Body Height
- Collagen
- DNA, Complementary
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Exons
- Female
- Humans
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
