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Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa in Italy: clinical and molecular characterization.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 2006
Drera B, Castiglia D, Zoppi N, Gardella R, Tadini G, Floriddia G, De Luca N, Pedicelli C, Barlati S, Zambruno G, Colombi M
Abstract excerpt
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) pruriginosa (DEB-Pr) is a rare variant of DEB due to COL7A1 dominant and recessive mutations, which is characterized by severe itching and lichenoid or nodular prurigo-like lesions, mainly involving the extremities. Less than 30 patients have been described showing variable disease expression, and frequently, delayed age of onset. We report the clinical and molecular...
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