TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS): An Overview A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Engelhardt, Thomas PY - 2019 T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e AB - The Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) form a large group of related disorders that are caused by genetic defects in collagen, either by lack of amount or being structurally dysfunctional. The clinical features are associated with alterations of the skin, muscles, skeleton, and blood vessels. Hyperelasticity of the skin, hypermobility of the joints leading easily to dislocations, vascular wall anomalies causing aneurysms and hemorrhages, are pathognomic signs of the disease. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164068742 ER -