Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
group of genetic connective tissue disorders
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Summary
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of designated intractable rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,353 views/month, #1 of 201).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Named after: Edvard Ehlers[5], Henri-Alexandre Danlos[6]
- Subclass of: collagen disease[7]
- Commons category: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: L82[9]
- Symptoms and signs: skin hyperelasticity[10], joint hypermobility[11]
- Has cause: mutation[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ehlers–Danlos syndrome[13]
- Medical examination: Beighton scale[14], genetic testing[15], skin biopsy[16]
- Anatomical location: connective tissue[17]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4801[18]
- ICD-9-CM: 756.83[19]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34568[20]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[21]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_13359[22], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13359[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[24]
- Social media followers: 45,585[25]
Why It Matters
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]