To meet the diagnostic criteria for cEDS, a person must meet: Major criterion 1 AND major criterion 2 OR Major criterion 1 AND three or more minor criteria Major Criteria Skin hyperextensibility and atrophic scarring Generalized joint hypermobility Minor Criteria Easy bruising Soft, doughy skin Skin fragility (or traumatic splitting) Molluscoid pseudotumors Subcutaneous spheroids Hernia (or history thereof) Epicanthal folds Complications of joint hypermobility (e.g., sprains, dislocations/subluxations, pain, flexible flatfoot) Family history of a first-degree relative who meets clinical criteria Genetic testing is used to see if a person has a genetic variant that causes vEDS
Conflict of interest: ZW, BSL, and SLH are named as co-inventors on pending and issued patents held by the Cleveland Clinic relating to cardiovascular diagnostics and therapeutics, and have the right to receive royalty payment for inventions or discoveries related to cardiovascular diagnostics or therapeutics from Cleveland HeartLab, Quest Diagnostics, and Procter & Gamble
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In PTZ-treated animals, AC restored altered levels of GABA, glutamate, and antioxidant markers in the cortex and hippocampus, suggesting a GABAergic mechanism for its anticonvulsant action
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