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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

hyperextensibility Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Body Site

hand

Age

8 years

Pigmentation

light

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Comments

This 8-year-old boy demonstrated his hyperextensible joints and skin. His mother and grand father as well as several cousins were also "double jointed." Hyperextensibility syndrome may affect 3-5 percent of the normal population.

Description

doughy skin and hyperextensibility of joints

Categories

genodermatosis/genetic disorder

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4/26/2003 17:21:56

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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