Hereditary
Disorders of the Connective Tissues (HDCT)
a)
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
From the previously known 10 types of EDS, they have been reduced into 6 types:
·
Hypermobile
EDS or Classic EDS (formerly EDS type I-II).
·
Joint
Hypermobility Syndrome
(JHS)
For
most authors it is the same as EDS Type III
·
Vascular EDS ( VEDS) o EDS type IV (formerly
EDS-IV).
·
Kyphoscoliosis
EDS( formerly VEDS
type VI).
·
Arthrocalasia
EDS (Congenital Hip Dislocation). Formerly included in EDS type VII
·
Dermatoparaxis
EDS. Formerly included in EDS type VII
b)
Marfan Syndrome (MFS).
c)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI).
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, with special emphasis in the joint hypermobility
syndrome
Abstract
in English
Síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos con especial énfasis en el síndrome de hiperlaxitud articular.
Jaime F. Bravo
***
, vol.137, n.11, pp. 1488-1497.
***
Signs
and Symptoms of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) to consider when
diagnosing this condition.
Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff
Abstract
**¨Poster
presented at the 2009
ACR Anual Scientific Meeting,
Philadelphia,
PA, October 16 to 21,
2009 **
Is there a Need to
Change the Name of the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS)?
Jaime
F. Bravo
*** Presented to the ACR Hipermobility Study Group. Oct 2009
Philadelphia,
PA, USA. ***
Osteoporosis and Dysautonomia in the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Jaime
F. Bravo
*** Presented to the ACR Joint Hipermobility Syndrome Study Group. Oct
2009
Philadelphia,
PA,USA. ***
Low
Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and Dysautonomia in Adolescents and Young
Patients with Ehlers-Danlos Type III. Clinical Study with 90 Patients
Abstract/Resumen
Jaime
F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff
**¨Poster
presented at the 2008
Anual Scientific Meeting ACR
San
Francisco, CA, November 23 to 28,
2008,
Published in Arthritis Rheum 2008;Vol.56 (9) Suppl:S746
**
Criteria
overlap in EDS Hypermobility Type and JHS
Jaime F. Bravo
*** Presented to the ACR Study Group. Oct
2008 San Francisco, USA. ***
Fibromyalgia
or Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS)
Jaime F. Bravo
*** Presented to the ACR Study Group.
Oct
2008 San Francisco, USA. ***
Clinical
Study of Dysautonomia in 1226 patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Jaime
F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff
**
Presented as a Poster at the XV
Pan-American League of
Associations for Rheumatology (Panlar) in Guatemala City,
August 12
- 16th 2008
Abstract published
in JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
Vol 14, Number
4, August Supplement
2008, S33 **
Importance
and significance of studying people with joint hypermobility.
**
Translated from the spanish version in Revista Chilena de Reumatología 2008; 24(1):4-5 **
Clinical
Study of 1124 Cases of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Classic EDS, JHS and
Vascular EDS)
Jaime
F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff
*** November 2007 ***
**
Poster presented at the 2007 Anual Scientific Meeting ACR
Boston,
MA, November 6 - 11
2007
Published in Arthritis Rheum: Vol.56, No 9(Suppl), November 2007; pp 1633
**
Abstract
Clinical
Study of Dysautonomia in 1226 patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Jaime
F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff
**
Presented as a Poster at the XV Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology (Panlar)
in Guatemala City,
August 12
- 16th 2008
Abstract published
in JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology Vol 14, Number
4, August Supplement
2008, S33 **
Clinical
Study of 972 Rheumatological Patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
(JHS), using the Brighton Criteria
Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos
Wolff, Sergio Correa
*** June 2007 ***
**
Presented as
a Poster at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR),
from
June 13 till 16, 2007 , Barcelona, Spain
Published
in Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66(Suppl II):244 **
Abstract
Tables
Pain
in the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS)
***
May 2007 **
Low
bone mineral density in adolescents and young patients with joint
hypermobility syndrome: preliminary clinical study of 79 patients
Abstract
Poster
(in Spanish) Tables
(in Spanish)
Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff, Paula Rojas
***
August 2006 ***
** Presented at the
XIV Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology (Panlar) in
Lima, Peru. August 19th – 23rd, 2006
Abstract published
in JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology Vol 12, Number 4, August Supplement
2006, S30 **
Reasons
why I think that the lack of Folic Acid during the periconceptional period
is
an etiological factor for the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.
Poster
presented at the ACR/ARHP 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, 16 - 21 October
2004, San Antonio,
Texas: "Hereditary Disorders of
the Connective Tissues(HDCT).
A clinical study of 249 cases"
**
Abstract published in Arthritis &Rheumatism Vol. 50,
No.
9(Suplemment), September 2004, pp S309 **
Detailed
explanation of the "Hereditary Disorders of the Connective
Tissues
(HDCT). A clinical study of 249 cases" poster
**
Abstract published in Arthritis Rheum Vol. 50, No 9(Supplemment), September 2004, pp S309 **
Poster
presented at the XIII Congreso Internacional de Reumatologia,
Termas de
Chillan,
Chile, 17 - 20 Octubre 2004: "Importancia del Estudio
de los Chilenos Altos:
Estudio Comparativo de 33 Marfanoides (MF) y 230
casos de Sindrome de
Hiperlaxitud Articular (SHA)"
***Abstract published in REUMATOLOGIA 2004;20(4):218***
*** Both Poster and Abstract are presented in Spanish ***
Joint
hypermobility syndrome: the most frequent cause of pain in rheumatological
practice?
***
Press
Interview at www.jointandbone.org
which was also presented at the San Antonio
meeting ***
Joint
Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) A Congenital
Emergent Disease, that could be caused by a lack of Folic Acid during the periconceptional period
It Is Time For
Rheumatologists To Identify Patients With Hypermobile Joints And To
Diagnose The Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Utility of Bone Scintigraphy in the study of
Hereditary Disorders of the Connective Tissues (HDCT)
*** Published in the Alasbimn Journal 6(22):
October 2003. Article N° AJ22- 5. ***
Congenital Malformations and Folic Acid Administration
in Fertile Aged Women
*** Abstract ***
*** Published in the BOLETIN DEL HOSPITAL
SAN JUAN DE DIOS 2003;50:300-02 ***
Dysautonomia:
***
January 2007
***
Dysautonomia: A not well known medical Problem
**
abstract **
*** Published in the BOLETIN DEL HOSPITAL
SAN JUAN DE DIOS 2004;51:64-9 ***
When
to suspect the Joint hypermobility Syndrome (JHS)
***
July 2007
*
Joint
Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) articles in Spanish found here
Fibromyalgia
Diagnostic
Criteria for: Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS), Vascular Ehlers-Danlos and
Marfan Syndrome
Commentary
about Marfanoid Habitus
Letters
to the Editor - Submitted by Dr. Bravo
Spontaneous
Pneumothorax is seen in patients with Marfanoid habitus.
***
Letter to the Editor, submitted to The Internet Journal of Rheumatology
***
***
July 2007 ***
Spontaneous
pneumothorax is seen in the joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS)
***
Letter to the Editor, published in Rheumatology Vol. 45 No. 8, Aug 2006; pp 1052
- 53 ***
***
August 2006 ***
Letter
to the Editor of Arthritis & Rheumatism, regarding the protective role
of
Hypermobility
on Hand Osteoarthritis, published by Kraus et al.
***
November 2004 ***
Commentary
in response to Forum Topic: Is fibromyalgia being overdiagnosed
***Commentary
which appeared in the www.jointandbone.org Forum ***
Fibromyalgia
is not a diagnosis: Comment on the editorial by Crofford and Clauw and
the comment by Ehrlich
Dry
eyes and mouth syndrome or sicca, asthenia and polyalgia syndrome?
Most
patients previously diagnosed as Fibromyalgia probably have Joint
Hypermobility Syndrome.
Jaime
F. Bravo MD's commentaries about Joint Hypermobility written by other authors
Pediatric
Generalized Joint Hypermobility With and Without Musculoskeletal Complaints: A
Localized or Systemic Disorder?
Recomended further
reading:
Keer R and Grahame R.
Hypermobility Syndrome. Recognition and Management for Physiotherapists.
New York: Butterworth Heinemann Health; 2003.
This
book can be obtained from
www.amazon.com
Bulbena A et al, CD on Joint Hypermobility. Definition and exploration.
Information on this CD
can be requested at
Asociación Síndromes
de Ehlers-Danlos e Hiperlaxitud (ASEDH)
Differential
Diagnosis of the various Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
** Published
online at Ehlers-Danlos Support Group (EDS), England
http://www.ehlers-danlos.org
***
Articles of interest written by other authors:
Folic
Acid's Benefits Go Beyond Birth
** Published
on Wall Street Journal, paper edition, 03/02/2004 ***
