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Molecular basis of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: mutations in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1).
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Järvikallio A, Pulkkinen L, Uitto J
Abstract excerpt
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a group of heritable blistering diseases characterized by tissue separation within the cutaneous basement membrane zone, is inherited either in an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive fashion. EB has been divided into four broad categories based on the precise level of tissue separation. In the dystrophic forms of EB (DEB), tissue separation occurs below the lamina densa within...
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