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Identification of the glycine-to-arginine substitution G2043R in type VII collagen in a family with dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa from Hungary.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Dec 1997
Cserhalmi-Friedman P B, Karpati S, Horvath A, Christiano A M
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Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) represents a group of genodermatoses characterized by fragility and easy blistering of the skin. In the dystrophic forms of EB (DEB), blisters occur below the basement membrane, at the level of the anchoring fibrils. In the dominantly inherited forms (DDEB), the predominant type of mutation detected thus far is the substitution of a glycine residue which occurs within the collagenous...
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