Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

[ ey-lerz -dan-los, -luhs ]

/ ˈeɪ lərz ˈdæn lɒs, -ləs /

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noun Pathology.

a rare hereditary disease of connective tissue, characterized by joint hypermotility and abnormally stretchable skin.

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Origin of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

After Edvard Ehlers (1863–1937), Danish dermatologist, and Henri Alexandre Danlos (1844–1912), French dermatologist, who separately reported it in 1901 and 1908

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Egyptian Mau, Egyptian ophthalmia, Egyptology, eh, EHF, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, EHO, E hoa, EHR, Ehrenbreitstein, Ehrenburg

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Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
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Jolly somehow finds the time to also manage a restaurant and help kids who have Autism and Down syndrome ride horses.
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We still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically since the post Vietnam syndrome when Vets were spit on.
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In 1975, Sesame Street became the first children's program to feature someone with Down Syndrome.
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However, the current thinking is that Merrick may have suffered from Proteus syndrome.
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The first song was written in the soprano clef; the second has tenor clef but two solo voices; neither was made for Ehlers.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The Ganser syndrome, or twilight state, has been enlarged upon, and several variations of this condition have been isolated.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
I have recently observed the Ganser syndrome in an undoubted case of toxic-exhaustion psychosis.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
Messrs. Malmgren and Ehlers have opened this question by their persevering researches, and Mons.
Animal Parasites and Messmates|P. J. Van Beneden
I will not go mad, but I will go into the adrenal syndrome unless I can end this soon.
The Issahar Artifacts|Jesse Franklin Bone

Medical definitions for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

[ ā′lərs-dăn′lŏs, -däɴ-lōs′ ]

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A hereditary disorder of the connective tissue characterized by overelasticity and friability of the skin, excessive extensibility of the joints, and fragility of the cutaneous blood vessels.cutis hyperelastica elastic skin

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