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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Typically autosomal dominant: Classical type; Hypermobility type; Vascular type; Arthrochalasia type.
Autosomal recessive: Kyphoscoliosis type; Dermatosparaxis type.

Prenatal diagnosis
Gene marker tests are available at present for a few types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Further details should be obtained from your physician.

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Medical text written by Professor P Beighton, Department of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Last updated April 2004 by Professor H A Bird, Professor of Pharmacological Rheumatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.

 

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