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Could a vitamin deficiency cause ‘double-jointedness’ and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome?
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Could a vitamin deficiency cause ‘double-jointedness’ and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome?

by Andrew J. Yawn, Tulane University Metabolism of folate and folic acid through the one-carbon pathway. DHFR: dihydrofolate reductase; THF: tetrahydrofolate; 5–10 MTHF: 5–10 methylene tetrahydrofolate; MTHFR: methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; 5-MTHF: 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate; Vit B12: Vitamin B12, a cofactor for methionine synthase. Credit: Heliyon (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15387 Tulane University researchers have discovered a possible genetic cause for hypermobility (commonly known as...