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Larsen syndrome

What are the causes?

Larsen syndrome is thought to be caused by a generalised embryonic connective tissue disorder during gestation. It is categorised as one of a number of connective tissue disorders including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Brittle Bone Disease/Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Marfan syndrome.

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Medical text written October 2003 by Contact a Family. Approved October 2003 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

 

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