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. 1968 Sep 14;3(5619):656-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5619.656.

Lethal complications of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

P Beighton

Lethal complications of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

P Beighton. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Death from arterial bleeding or gastrointestinal perforation has previously been reported in more than 15 patients with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. On a basis of 100 personally examined patients and a review of published accounts, these events seem particularly likely to occur in two distinct and recognizable forms (the gravis and the ecchymotic forms) of the syndrome.

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