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Revertant mosaicism in heritable skin diseases: mechanisms of natural gene therapy.
Discovery medicine - 1 Sept 2012
Pasmooij Anna M G, Jonkman Marcel F, Uitto Jouni
Abstract excerpt
Revertant mosaicism (RM) refers to the co-existence of cells carrying disease-causing mutations with cells in which the inherited mutation is genetically corrected by a spontaneous event. It has been discovered in an increasing number of heritable skin diseases: ichthyosis with confetti and different subtypes of epidermolysis bullosa. This "natural gene therapy" phenomenon manifests as normal appearing skin areas...
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