Mutation-based prenatal diagnosis of herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-354

  Christiano, Angela M ^a   Pulkkinen, Leena ^a,c   McGrath, John A ^a,b   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa; Laminin 5 genes; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

KALININ; POLYPEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN DEATH; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DNA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031001251     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199704)17:4<343::AID-PD73>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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