List of Heritable Connective Tissue Disorders (HCTD)

The page has been co-developed with Connective Tissue Disorders Network Australia (CTDNA).

Below is a list of heritable connective tissue disorders (HCTD). Please visit the main HCTD page on the RARE Portal and Connective Tissue Disorders Network Australia (CTDNA) for more information on this group of conditions.

Click on the link(s) in red, if available, for further information on a specific HCTD. More of these individual pages will be developed in time. If you know of any other types of HCTD that is not on the list, or are aware of any broken links or inaccurate information, please let us know via the Contribute Page.

Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals syndrome)
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Stickler syndrome

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