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Expression of a truncated keratin 5 may contribute to severe palmar--plantar hyperkeratosis in epidermolysis bullosa simplex patients.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jun 2001
Livingston R J, Sybert V P, Smith L T, Dale B A, Presland R B, Stephens K
Abstract excerpt
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex are dominant disorders of skin fragility characterized by intraepidermal blistering upon mild mechanical trauma. Skin fragility is caused by expression of either an abnormal keratin 5 or an abnormal keratin 14 protein, which compromises the structure and function of the keratin cytoskeleton of basal cells. We report an epidermolysis bullosa simplex patient with a novel single base...
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