Sporadic dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa with concomitant atopic dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-320

  Lapinski, P ^a   Lapiere, J C ^a   Traczyk, T ^a   Chan, L S ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN;

EID: 0031940883     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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