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[Dental alterations in junctional epidermolysis bullosa--report of a patient with a mutation in the LAMB3-gene].
Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG - 1 May 2005
Sadler Elke, Laimer Martin, Diem Anja, Klausegger Alfred, Pohla-Gubo Gabriele, Muss Wolfgang, Hachleitner Johannes, Stadlhuber Rudolf, Bauer Johann W, Hintner Helmut
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During early odontogenesis the basement membrane is known to be important in epithelio-mesenchymal interactions. Mutations in the gene of one of the major structural proteins of the basement membrane such as laminin 5 might therefore be expected either to seriously compromise ameloblast differentiation and/ or interfere with normal basement-membrane formation and degradation and thus the binding of the...
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