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Mutation analyses of COL7A1 gene in three Taiwanese patients with severe recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Jan 2007
Chao Sheau-Chiou, Lee Julia Yu-Yun
Abstract excerpt
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is a hereditary mechanobullous disorder characterized by fragility of the skin and mucous membranes caused by abnormal anchoring fibrils. Both dominant and recessive DEB are caused by mutations in COL7A1, the gene encoding type VII collagen, the major component of anchoring fibrils. We performed mutation analysis of COL7A1 in three patients with recessive DEB. The diagnosis...
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