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Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia: novel mutations in the beta4 integrin gene (ITGB4).
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jan 1998
Pulkkinen L, Kim D U, Uitto J
Abstract excerpt
Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia (EB-PA; OMIM 226730) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous autosomal recessive blistering disorder, including lethal and nonlethal variants. Recently, expression of alpha6beta4 integrin, a transmembrane protein of the epithelial basement membranes, has been shown to be altered in these patients. In this work, we have explored the molecular pathology of the lethal...
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