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Compound heterozygosity in sibling patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa associated with a mild phenotype.
International journal of dermatology - 1 Mar 2006
Shibusawa Y, Negishi I, Ishikawa O
Abstract excerpt
We describe two cases of a 3-year-old Japanese boy and his 1-year-old sister presenting recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa; a relatively mild phenotype. Blistering and scarring were limited to the acral region, and some fingernails and toenails were lost. PCR-RFLP and DNA sequencing analyses revealed compound heterozygotes for a splice-site mutation (6573 +1GtoC) and a nonsense mutation (E2857X) in the...
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