title: A report on the 3rd Workshop on Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue.
abstract: The 3rd Workshop on Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue was held at the National Institutes of Health from 16th to 18th November, 2000. The Workshop was sponsored by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH Office of Rare Diseases, March of Dimes, Coalition for Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue, and the Foundation for Basic Cutaneous Research. It was supported by specific grants R13 AR46912 (US Public Health Service) and 4-FY00-4511 (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation). The Workshop was divided into six sessions, featuring 29 invited presentations. In addition to the invited participants, more than eighty guests (scientists, NIH staff, and members of the Coalition for Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue) attended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shriners Hospital for Children, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3101 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA. lys@shcc.org
authors.forename: Lynn Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Byers
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramirez
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics*; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D053331:Ectodysplasins; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: C506018:EDA protein, human; D053331:Ectodysplasins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D003094:Collagen