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Prenatal diagnosis of dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, by COL7A1 molecular analysis.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Aug 2000
Klingberg S, Mortimore R, Parkes J, Chick J E, Clague A E, Murrell D, Weedon D, Glass I A
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We report the first direct molecular prenatal diagnosis, undertaken for the autosomal dominant form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DDEB). The proband had a moderately severe form of DDEB, with episodic blistering of skin and mucosal involvement. Diagnostic histopathological examination, using electron microscopy to evaluate skin from a fresh blister, demonstrated a zone of cleavage beneath the...
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