Equine Epitheliogenesis Imperfecta in Two American Saddlebred Foals Is a Lamina Lucida Defect

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 576-580

  Lieto, L D ^a   Swerczek, T W ^a   Cothran, E G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Epidermolysis bullosa; epitheliogenesis imperfecta; horses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMIDESMOSOME; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEMIDESMOSOMES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SKIN DISEASES, GENETIC;

EID: 0036725680     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15444221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.39-5-576     Document Type: Article

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