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[2470insG, represents the commonest mutation in Mexican patients with dystrophic bullous epidermolysis. A study of 21 families].
Gaceta medica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Salas-Alanis Julio César, McGrath John A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Type VII collagen gene (COL 7 Al) mutations are the cause of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), but most mutations are specific to individual families and there is limited data on the nature of COL 7 Al mutations in certain ethnic populations. OBJECTIVE: To determine the molecular basis of DEB in Mexican patients and describe the most frequent mutation among this ethnic population. METHODS: Most...
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