What Is Ehlers Danlos Syndrome?
3. Causes
Rarely, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome occurs because of a spontaneous gene mutation. More commonly, you inherit it from one of your parents. There are 20 different genes that, if defective, can cause EDS. Some of these are recessive, while others are dominant genes.
A parent carrying a dominant gene for EDS exhibits symptoms and has a 50% chance of passing it on to his or her offspring. If the gene is recessive, the chance that the parent will pass it on to the children is 25%, and the parent may or may not exhibit symptoms.
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