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Results 1 - 10 of 59 for Connective Tissue Disorders
  1. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome 
    Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues. Defects in connective tissues cause the signs and symptoms of these ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/ehlers-danlos-syndrome -
  2. Cutis laxa 
    Cutis laxa is a disorder of connective tissue, which is the tissue that provides structure and strength to the muscles, joints, organs, and skin. Most cases are inherited, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cutis-laxa - Genetics
  3. Weill-Marchesani syndrome 
    Weill-Marchesani syndrome is a disorder of connective tissue. Connective tissue forms the body's supportive framework, providing structure and strength to the muscles, joints, organs, and skin.The major ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/weill-marchesani-syndrome - Genetics
  4. Arterial tortuosity syndrome 
    Arterial tortuosity syndrome is a disorder that affects connective tissue. Connective tissue provides strength and flexibility to structures throughout the body, including blood vessels, skin, joints, and the gastrointestinal tract.As ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/arterial-tortuosity-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Dupuytren contracture 
    ... of bent (flexed) positions. The condition is a disorder of connective tissue, which supports the body's muscles, joints, organs, ... in families and is the most common inherited disorder of connective tissue. The inheritance pattern is often unclear. Some people ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/dupuytren-contracture - Genetics
  6. Marfan syndrome 
    Marfan syndrome is a disorder that affects the connective tissue in many parts of the body. Connective tissue provides strength and flexibility to structures such as bones, ligaments, muscles, blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/marfan-syndrome - Genetics
  7. Loeys-Dietz syndrome 
    Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a disorder that affects the connective tissue in many parts of the body. Connective tissue provides strength and flexibility to structures such as bones, ligaments, muscles, and blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/loeys-dietz-syndrome - Genetics
  8. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva 
    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a disorder in which muscle tissue and connective tissue such as tendons and ligaments are gradually replaced by bone (ossified), forming bone outside the skeleton (extra-skeletal or heterotopic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../fibrodysplasia-ossificans-progressiva - Genetics
  9. Sjögren syndrome 
    ... strength and flexibility to structures throughout the body. Disorders involving connective tissue inflammation are sometimes called rheumatic conditions. In Sjögren ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/sjogren-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome 
    ... osteopoikilosis. Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome is classified as a disorder of connective tissues, which provide support, strength, and flexibility to organs ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/buschke-ollendorff-syndrome - Genetics
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