Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type: A possible unifying concept for various functional somatic syndromes

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 819-821

  Castori, Marco ^a   Celletti, Claudia ^b   Camerota, Filippo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CYSTALGIA; DERMIS; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DYSAUTONOMIA; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME HYPERMOBILITY TYPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; LETTER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DERMIS; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84876719536     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2275-2     Document Type: Letter

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