title: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: correlation with headache disorders in a young woman.
abstract: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a rare inherited illness, which includes an autosomal dominant and also a recessive X-linked variant. Its main clinical characteristic is a generalised connective tissue involving collagen and elastin, causing fragile and hyperextensible skin, loose jointedness and bruising. Many clinical subtypes are described, each of a different severity degree pattern. The correlation of this syndrome and headache disorders is rare. In this paper we describe the case of a young woman with Type II (less severe) Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and headache.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Headache Centre, S. Anna Hospital, Via Napoleona 60, I-22100, Como, Italy. franco.dipalma@hsacomo.org
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Palma
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cronin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005444:Flunarizine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D009055:Mouth / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D005444:Flunarizine