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Revertant mosaicism due to a second-site mutation in COL7A1 in a patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Oct 2010
Pasmooij Anna M G, Garcia Marta, Escamez Maria J, Nijenhuis A Miranda, Azon Antoni, Cuadrado-Corrales Natividad, Jonkman Marcel F, Del Rio Marcela
Abstract excerpt
Despite the high incidence of revertant mosaicism (35%) in patients with the genetic skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB) due to correcting mutations in the genes COL17A1 and LAMB3, revertant mosaicism has not been described for COL7A1 until recently. Mutations in COL7A1 are responsible for the most devastating form of EB in adults, which is characterized by cocooned "mitten" deformities of the hands. This...
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