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Kindler syndrome: a focal adhesion genodermatosis.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2009
Lai-Cheong J E, Tanaka A, Hawche G, Emanuel P, Maari C, Taskesen M, Akdeniz S, Liu L, McGrath J A
Abstract excerpt
Kindler syndrome (OMIM 173650) is an autosomal recessive genodermatosis characterized by trauma-induced blistering, poikiloderma, skin atrophy, mucosal inflammation and varying degrees of photosensitivity. Although Kindler syndrome is classified as a subtype of epidermolysis bullosa, it has distinct clinicopathological and molecular abnormalities. The molecular pathology of Kindler syndrome involves...
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