Diagnosis and classification

hEDS diagnosis remains clinical despite the KLK15 finding

establishedfindingstrata converge

The Ehlers-Danlos Society and the KLK15 authors both state that kallikrein genes are not yet on EDS testing panels and that hEDS remains a clinical diagnosis. Replication and the HEDGE study results are the gating evidence.

Subtype scopehEDS
Date2025-08
Criteria erainternational-2017
Reviewed2026-09-16
Reassess by2026-12-16

Evidence

communitypatient-organization synthesis
clinicalconsensus statement
clinicalmechanistic study
registryregistry report