Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIII (EDS VIII) is a rare disorder of unknown cause inherited in an autoso-ma1 dominant mode. Specific alterations in the synthesis or secretion of collagens I and 111, or ultrastructural abnormalities of skin fibroblasts and extracellular matrix, have not been demonstrat
Phenotypic overlap of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome types IV and VIII
β Scribed by Hartsfield Jr., James K. ;Kousseff, Boris G.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 673 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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