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Genetic basis of Bart's syndrome: a glycine substitution mutation in the type VII collagen gene.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jun 1996
Christiano A M, Bart B J, Epstein E H, Uitto J
Abstract excerpt
Bart's syndrome was initially described as a genodermatosis characterized by congenital localized absence of the skin, together with blistering and nail abnormalities. Recent analysis of Bart's original kindred demonstrated ultrastructural abnormalities in the anchoring fibrils and linkage of the inheritance of the disease to the region of chromosome 3 near the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1). We have performed...
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