International Nosology of Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue
Berlin, 1986

B. Beighton, A. de Peepe, D. Danks, G. Finidori, T. Gedde-Dahl,
R. Goodman, J.G. Hall, D.W.
Hollister, W. Horton, V.A. McKusick, J.M. Opitz, F.M. Pope,
R.E. Pyeritz, D.L. Rimoin, D.
Silence, J.W. Spranger, E. Thompson, P. Tsipouras, D. Viljoen,
I. Winship, and I. Young
Cape Town, South Africa, (P.B., D.V., I.W.); Ghent, Belgium (A. de P.); Melbourne, Australia (D.D.);
Paris France (G.F.); Oslo, Norway (T. G-D.); Tel-Hashomer, Israel (R.G.); Vancouver, Canada
(J.G.H.); Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. (D.W.H.); Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (W.H.); Baltimore, Maryland,
U.S.A. (V.A. McK., R.E.P.); Helena, Montana, U.S.A. (J.M.O.);
London, U.K. (F.M.P., E.T.); Torrance,
California, U.S.A. (D.L.R.); Sydney, Australia (D.S.); Mainz,
West Germany (J.W.S.); Farmington,
Connecticut, U.S.A. (P.T.); Leicester, U.K. (I.Y)

INTRODUCTION

The heritable disorders of connective tissue have proven to be very heterogeneous and problems have arisen concerning syndromic boundaries, nomenclature, and classification. In an attempt to resolve these dilemas, a group of experts participated in a Workshop held during the 7th International Congress of Human Genetics, Berlin, in September, 1986.

The program for this workshop had been drawn up at a planning meeting held in 1985 at the Ciba Foundation, London (Beighton, Hollister, Pope, Pyeritz).

Sharon Terry, MA, Co-President,
Coalition For Heritable Disorders Of Connective Tissue
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E-mail: chdct@pxe.org

Priscilla Ciccariello, Co-President

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