Generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa in 2 siblings complicated by multiple squamous cell carcinomas

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-203

  Swensson, Ole ^a   Christophers, Enno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INJURY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTIGENS; ATROPHY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; DENTAL ENAMEL; DESMOSOMES; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL; EPITHELIUM; EYEBROWS; EYELASHES; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KERATINOCYTES; LAMININ; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOHS SURGERY; MUTATION; NAIL DISEASES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0031934003     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.2.199     Document Type: Article

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