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Dermal eosinophilic infiltrate in junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Aug 2015
Saraiya Ami, Yang Catherine S, Kim Jinah, Bercovitch Lionel, Robinson-Bostom Leslie, Telang Gladys
Abstract excerpt
Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) is a rare genodermatosis characterized by a split in the lamina lucida usually because of mutations in LAMA3, LAMB3 and LAMC2 resulting in absence or reduction of laminin-332. Rare subtypes of JEB have mutations in COL17A1, ITGB4, ITGA6 and ITGA3 leading to reduction or dysfunction of collagen XVII, integrin α6β4 and integrin α3. The classic finding under light microscopy is...
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