Frameshift mutations in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) in five Mexican cousins with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 852-858

  Salas Alanis, J C ^a   Mellerio, J E ^b   Amaya Guerra, M ^a   Ashton, G H S ^b   Eady, R A J ^b   McGrath, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7; DNA; HETERODUPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; STOP CODON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031748548     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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