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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome kyphoscoliotic type 2

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An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that is characterized by severe muscle hypotonia at birth, progressive scoliosis, joint hypermobility, hyperelastic skin, myopathy, sensorineural hearing impairment, and normal pyridinoline excretion in urine and that has_material_bas

An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that is characterized by severe muscle hypotonia at birth, progressive scoliosis, joint hypermobility, hyperelastic skin, myopathy, sensorineural hearing impairment, and normal pyridinoline excretion in urine and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the FKBP14 gene on chromosome 7p15.

Signs and symptoms

  • Epicanthus
  • Poor head control
  • Sloping forehead
  • Myopathy
  • Large joint hypermobility
  • Small joint hypermobility
  • Hypotonia
  • Motor delay
  • Redundant umbilical skin
  • Waddling gait