Hey Robin,

Thanks for your message.  Did the father have diagnostic studies indicating a relative deficiency of COL3A, or is this all based on history?

Thanks in advance.

J

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Subject: vascular EDS funds question

I had a call from a woman whose husband had vascular EDS and died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm.  Her 26 year old son is interested in evaulation however he has no job and no insurance.  Are there any resources that could help them defray the cost of the genetics evaluation?  I did warn them that any testing would be quite expensive.

Thank you,
Robin

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