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Does the position of the premature termination codon in COL7A1 correlate with the clinical severity in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa?
Experimental dermatology - 1 Apr 2004
Ishiko Akira, Masunaga Takuji, Ota Takayuki, Nishikawa Takeji
Abstract excerpt
Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is an inherited skin disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding type VII collagen (COL7A1). The mutations are highly variable and this greatly complicates the study of the genotype-phenotype relationships. To date, three recurrent mutations,...
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