title: Ehlers Danlos syndrome--masquerading as primary muscle disease.
abstract: A 9 year old Libyan boy presented with a history of delayed walking and abnormal gait. The presence of marked muscle under-development with hypotonia led to the initial diagnosis of primary muscle disease; later, he was found to have hyperelastic, fragile skin and hypermobile joints-the cardinal features of Ehlers Danlos syndrome. In this instance the disease seems to have been inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shembesh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Mauhoub
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*