Dermatology · Dermatology / Heritable connective tissue disorders
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, classical type
also: cEDS
Skin hyperextensibility with atrophic scarring and joint hypermobility.
- Specialty
- Dermatology
- Subspecialty
- Dermatology / Heritable connective tissue disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, equal; Children: yes, features from birth
- Gene(s) involved
- COL1A1, COL5A1, COL5A2
- Alternative names & eponyms
- cEDS
Etiology & mechanism
Defective type V collagen structure.
Gene(s) involved (3)
Symptoms & signs (6)
In plain terms, someone with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, classical type may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
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Shares symptoms with
4 shared
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, classic and cardiac-valvular types
atrophic scars, easy bruising, hyperextensible skin, joint hypermobility
2 shared
Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
easy bruising, joint hypermobility
1 shared
Arterial tortuosity syndrome
hyperextensible skin
1 shared
Cushing syndrome
easy bruising
1 shared
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, vascular type
easy bruising
1 shared
Loeys–Dietz syndrome
easy bruising
1 shared
Marfan syndrome
joint hypermobility
1 shared
Shprintzen–Goldberg syndrome
joint hypermobility
1 shared
Vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
easy bruising
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