Several models of inheritance

Most types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are inherited as an autosomal dominant. This means that you need a single copy of the pathogenic mutation inherited from both parents develop signs and symptoms of the disease. If you inherit the mutation, there's a 50 percent chance that you' ll send the gene on each of your children.

Two types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and kyphoscoliosis dermatosparaxis - rained a legacy inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. This means that you have two copies of the mutated gene to develop the disease. If you inherit only one copy, you're a "media" of the disease, but probably won't grow signs and symptoms.

The following table describes how different types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are inherited and genetic mutations are involved.