Collagen diseases and the biosynthesis of collagen. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Increasing knowledge concerning the molecular structure of collagen and the steps involved in its biosynthesis provides the basis for a new look at the collagen diseases. Some, like the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, are now known to be the expression of primary molecular defects; others, such as scurvy and scleroderma, appear to be secondary to some process that disrupts normal controls over collagen synthesis or deposition.

published proceedings

  • Hosp Pract

author list (cited authors)

  • Prockop, D. J., & Guzman, N. A.

citation count

  • 29

complete list of authors

  • Prockop, DJ||Guzman, NA

publication date

  • January 1977