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How would a physician differentiate between benign hypermobility and the hypermobile type of ehlers-danlos syndrome?

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See details: Benign hypermobility is just what the term implies. It is mild hypermobility similar to the most benign form of ehlers-danlos. The most severe forms of eds are distinguished by marked hypermobility of joint, significant hyperelasticity of skin and the increased risk of rupture of intestines and the aorta.

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Answered 2/1/2015

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