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Genetic disorders of keratin: are scarring alopecias a sub-set?
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Jul 1994
Rothnagel J A, Longley M A, Holder R A, Bundman D S, Seki T, Bickenbach J R, Roop D R
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Recent advances have challenged the prevailing view that keratins are merely passive bystanders of keratinocyte biology. With the exciting discovery that three autosomal dominant genetic skin disorders, epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK) and palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK), are in fact disorders of keratins comes the realization that the integrity of the keratin filament...
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