http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/child-wins-battle-against-eds/127095 Inquiring for your daily news needs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/child-wins-battle-against-eds/127095#comment-17305 Beth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:43 +0000 http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/?p=7095#comment-17305 1) EDS is not a neurological condition. Is a connective tissue disorder.<br>2) To say that most people with EDS experience a downward pull of the spinal cord is an exaggeration.<br>3) EDS is a genetic condition. Both parents do not have to have the gene in order for the condition tobe passed on. EDS is typically caused by a dominant gene, which means that only one parent has the gene and passes it along to the child. In other cases, but not nearly as often, EDS can be caused by a spontaneous mutation, which means that neither parent had the condition.<br>4) More information can be found at <a href="http://www.ednf.org" rel="nofollow">www.ednf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.genetests.org" rel="nofollow">www.genetests.org</a>.<br>4) 1) EDS is not a neurological condition. Is a connective tissue disorder.
2) To say that most people with EDS experience a downward pull of the spinal cord is an exaggeration.
3) EDS is a genetic condition. Both parents do not have to have the gene in order for the condition tobe passed on. EDS is typically caused by a dominant gene, which means that only one parent has the gene and passes it along to the child. In other cases, but not nearly as often, EDS can be caused by a spontaneous mutation, which means that neither parent had the condition.
4) More information can be found at http://www.ednf.org and http://www.genetests.org.
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]]> http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/child-wins-battle-against-eds/127095#comment-2380 Beth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:18:43 +0000 http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/?p=7095#comment-2380 1) EDS is not a neurological condition. Is a connective tissue disorder.<br>2) To say that most people with EDS experience a downward pull of the spinal cord is an exaggeration.<br>3) EDS is a genetic condition. Both parents do not have to have the gene in order for the condition tobe passed on. EDS is typically caused by a dominant gene, which means that only one parent has the gene and passes it along to the child. In other cases, but not nearly as often, EDS can be caused by a spontaneous mutation, which means that neither parent had the condition.<br>4) More information can be found at <a href="http://www.ednf.org" rel="nofollow">www.ednf.org</a> and <a href="http://www.genetests.org" rel="nofollow">www.genetests.org</a>.<br>4) 1) EDS is not a neurological condition. Is a connective tissue disorder.
2) To say that most people with EDS experience a downward pull of the spinal cord is an exaggeration.
3) EDS is a genetic condition. Both parents do not have to have the gene in order for the condition tobe passed on. EDS is typically caused by a dominant gene, which means that only one parent has the gene and passes it along to the child. In other cases, but not nearly as often, EDS can be caused by a spontaneous mutation, which means that neither parent had the condition.
4) More information can be found at http://www.ednf.org and http://www.genetests.org.
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