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Splice site mutation in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) in a Taiwanese family with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Sept 2000
Lin G T, Chen S K, Liu C S, Wang W H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Generalized recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a severe inherited disease, in which patients suffer from blistering and scarring of the skin and mucous membranes after minor mechanical trauma. Tight genetic linkage has been established to the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) at 3p21. The purpose of this study was to identify mutations in COL7A1 in one Taiwanese pedigree...
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