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Ehlers-Danltos syndrome is a rare disorder, comprising a group of related inherited disorders of connective tissue, resulting from underlying abnormalities in the synthesis and metabolism of collagen. This proposal is specifically concerned with Ehlers-Dantos syndrome classic type (formerly Types I-III), which is characterized by joint hypermobility and susceptibility to injury/arthritis, skin and vascular problems (including easy bruising, bleeding, varicose veins and poor tissue heating), cardiac mitral valve prolapse, musculo-skeletal problems (myopathy, myalgia, spinal scoliosis, osteoporosis), and susceptibility to periodontitis. No treatment is currently available for this disorder. The novel aspect of this proposal is based on: (i) increasing scientific evidence that nutrition may be a major factor in the pathogenesis of many disorders once thought to result from defective genes alone; (ii) the recognition that many of the symptoms associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are also characteristic of nutritional deficiencies; (iii) the synergistic action within the body of appropriate combinations of nutritional supplements in promoting normal tissue function. We therefore hypothesize that the symptoms associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome may be successfully alleviated using a specific (and potentially synergistic) combination of nutritional supplements, comprising calcium, carnitine, coenzyme Q(10), glucosamine, magnesium, methyl sulphonyl methane, pycnogenol, silica, vitamin C, and vitamin K, at dosages which have previously been demonstrated to be effective against the above symptoms in other disorders. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Mantle D, Wilkins RM, Preedy V
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Medical Hypotheses
Year: 2005
Volume: 64
Issue: 2
Pages: 279-283
Print publication date: 01/01/2005
ISSN (print): 0306-9877
ISSN (electronic): 1532-2777
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2004.07.023
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.07.023
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