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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome cardiac valvular type

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An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that is characterized by severe problems with heart valves and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the COL1A2 gene on chromosome 7q21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Inguinal hernia
  • Joint hypermobility
  • Atrophic scars
  • Calcaneovalgus deformity
  • Genu recurvatum
  • Pectus excavatum
  • Bruising susceptibility
  • Soft skin
  • Aortic regurgitation
  • Mitral regurgitation