Disease historiography

Berlin nosology expands EDS to eleven numbered types

historical recordeventstrata converge

The 1988 Berlin nosology for heritable connective-tissue disorders expanded EDS into eleven numbered types — a proliferation that blurred clinical boundaries and set up the later consolidation.

Subtype scopeall EDS types
Date1988
Criteria eraberlin-1988
Reviewed2026-09-16

Evidence

historicalretrospective account