Genetic
link is the major risk factors for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). The various
types of EDS are either Autosomal Dominant (AD) or Autosomal Recessive (AR) or
X-Linked Recessive (X-LR).
As
I already discuss in my earlier post that genes can be ‘dominant’ or ‘recessive’
~ Dominant genes show their effect even if there is only one copy of the
gene in the pair and for a person to have a recessive disease or
characteristic, the person must have the gene on both chromosomes of the pair.
Affected
first-degree relatives are identified in as many as 50% of cases. An autosomal
dominant pattern of inheritance is most common, although autosomal recessive
and X-linked transmission also have been documented.
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