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Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Part 1

Healio Rheuminations

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The Role of Collagen in Vascular EDS

Collagen is the major extracellular matrix molecule that self-assembles into cross-strated fibers provide support for cell growth. Triple helix structure as I mentioned before make up 90% of the collagen in your body. So if you give it familiar with a few types you'll be alright with just working on those 1, 2 and 3. Now let's discuss collagen in the vessel. A big job for the blood vessels is to take a beating right? As a heart is continuously pumping and putting pressure on the blood vessels their job is to take the punches like a champ.

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