[Type VII C Ehlers-Danlos disease or human dermatosparaxia: the product of a fruitful union of so-called fundamental sciences with human and veterinary clinical medicine].

Ehlers-Danlos type VII C disease is a heritable disorder of the connective tissues and a disease similar to dermatosparaxia in bovine and other animal species. The determination of the pathomechanism of these diseases, the inactivity of the specific protease excising the aminoterminal extension of the type I collagen precursor, resulted of interactive basic and clinical research.