The lack of clinical distinction between the hypermobility type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the joint hypermobility syndrome (a.k.a. hypermobility syndrome)

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2368-2370

  Tinkle, Brad T ^a   Bird, Howard A ^b   Grahame, Rodney ^c   Lavallee, Mark ^d   Levy, Howard P ^e   Sillence, David ^f  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Memorial Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; BENIGN JOINT HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FATIGUE; GROUPS BY AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT INSTABILITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 70449380741     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33070     Document Type: Note

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