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Epidermolysis bullosa: a spectrum of clinical phenotypes explained by molecular heterogeneity.
Molecular medicine today - 1 Oct 1997
Uitto J, Pulkkinen L, McLean W H
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Great progress has recently been made in understanding the molecular basis of various heritable skin diseases. A prototype of such conditions is epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a heterogeneous group of mechano-bullous disorders characterized by fragility of the skin and other specialized epithelia. Blistering of the skin in EB results either from fragility of epidermal cells or from defective attachment of the...
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