Catalog

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type

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Link to WHO Definition

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1202686415

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, also known as the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited connective tissue disorder defined by characteristic facial features (acrogeria) in most patients, translucent skin with highly visible subcutaneous vessels on the trunk and lower back, easy bruising, and severe arterial, digestive and uterine complications, which are rarely, if at all, observed in the other forms of EDS.