Molecular therapies for heritable blistering diseases.

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Tremendous progress has been made over the past two decades in understanding the molecular genetics of heritable skin diseases. The paradigm for such conditions is epidermolysis bullosa (EB), which comprises a group of heritable blistering disorders caused by mutations in ten genes expressed in the cutaneous basement membrane zone and has high morbidity and mortality. Identification of distinct mutations has...

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