scientists are still learning about the differences in the clinical features between the five types. What areas of the body are affected by Loeys-Dietz syndrome? As a disorder of the connective ...

The work, published August 24 in The New England Journal of Medicine, closely compares patients having one of two types of the lesser known Loeys-Dietz syndrome or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with ...

She, her father and her sister were diagnosed with Loeys-Dietz syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissues. Adair, a mother of two, learned the symptoms ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome was identified in 2005 by then Johns Hopkins researcher Bart Loeys, M.D., Ph.D., and Hal Dietz, who directs Johns Hopkins' research on Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome affects the craniofacial, skeletal, cutaneous, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems. Aneurysms, an aggressive hallmark of Loeys-Dietz syndrome that occur when a blood ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a genetic disorder that disrupts your connective tissues. These tissues work to support and lend flexibility to your muscles, blood vessels, and bones. The changes ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome affects the craniofacial, skeletal, cutaneous, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems. Aneurysms, an aggressive hallmark of Loeys-Dietz syndrome that occur when a blood ...