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Esophageal stenosis in childhood: dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa without skin blistering due to collagen VII mutations.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2002
Zimmer Klaus-Peter, Schumann Hauke, Mecklenbeck Sabine, Bruckner-Tuderman Leena
Abstract excerpt
We report a 9-year-old girl who experienced recurrent dysphagia since infancy. Crohn's disease was suspected because she had aphthous ulcers of the mouth and anal dermatitis with hematochezia. After bougienages of esophageal stenoses and medication for inflammatory bowel disease proved unsuccessful, interdisciplinary re-examination revealed the cause of the symptoms to be an extracutaneous form of dystrophic...
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