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Authors: Dr Varitsara Mangkorntongsakul, Senior Medical Officer, Central Coast Local Health District, NSW, Gosford/Hamlyn Terrace, NSW, Australia. Dr Yi Jia Lee, Junior Medical Officer, North Metropolitan Health Service, WA, Perth, Australia. DermNet NZ Editor in Chief: Adjunct A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand. Copy edited by Gus Mitchell. November 2019.
Specific subtypes of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS), or Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, are described below [1,2]. They include:
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
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The inheritance pattern of cEDS is autosomal dominant.
The inheritance pattern of clEDS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of cvEDS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of vEDS is autosomal dominant.
The inheritance pattern of hEDS is autosomal dominant.
The inheritance pattern of aEDS is autosomal dominant.
The inheritance pattern of dEDS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of kEDS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of BCS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of spEDS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of mcEDS is autosomal recessive.
The inheritance patterns of mEDS can be autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive.
The inheritance pattern of pEDS is autosomal dominant.
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