Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

### What you need to know Awareness of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) in the UK has risen over the past decade, in part due to high profile of EDS patient organisations and the EDS National Diagnostic Service commissioned in 2009. Significant advances in genetic testing have culminated in the publication of a new international classification in 2017 with 13 types identified.1 Clinicians will see an increasing number of patients, some of whom...