Colombia Forum Guru
Topics: 85 Posts: 438
| | 04/03/04 - 11:30 AM  
 
   
 
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Patient with hyperextensible skin+tendency to bleed+hypermobile joints
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| asmi Forum Hero
Topics: 1043 Posts: 4,609
| | 04/03/04 - 01:02 PM  
 
   
 
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Ehler's danlos syndrome (Most common : type 4 collagen defect)
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| Colombia Forum Guru
Topics: 85 Posts: 438
| | 04/03/04 - 01:17 PM  
 
   
 
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yes
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| usmle prep Forum Senior
Topics: 21 Posts: 100
| | 04/04/04 - 11:26 PM  
 
   
 
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it is an autosomal dominant condition & caused by mutation in the genes for type 3 procollagen & lysin hydroxylase gene.
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