Term Name: | Ehlers-Danlos syndrome musculocontractural type 2 |
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Definition: | An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that is characterized by progressive multisystem fragility-related manifestations, including joint dislocations and deformities; skin hyperextensibility, bruisability, and fragility, with recurrent large subcutaneous hematomas; cardiac valvular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and ophthalmologic complications; and myopathy, featuring muscle hypoplasia, muscle weakness, and an abnormal muscle fiber pattern in histology in adulthood, resulting in gross motor developmental delay and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the DSE gene on chromosome 6q22. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0080737] ( DOID:0080737 ) |