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Plectin deficient epidermolysis bullosa simplex with 27-year-history of muscular dystrophy.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Feb 2005
Takahashi Yoshie, Rouan Fatima, Uitto Jouni, Ishida-Yamamoto Akemi, Iizuka Hajime, Owaribe Katsushi, Tanigawa Mizuko, Ishii Norito, Yasumoto Shinichiro, Hashimoto Takashi
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BACKGROUND: Epidermolysis bullosa simplex associated with muscular dystrophy is caused by plectin deficiency. OBJECTIVE: To report clinical, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and molecular features of a 52-year-old Japanese patient affected with this disease, whose muscular disease had been followed-up for 27 years. METHODS: We performed histopathological study, immunofluorescence, electron microscopic study...
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