Eosinophil infiltration in three patients with generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa from a Japanese family: Molecular genetic and immunohistochemical studies

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 483-489

  Nomura, Masayo ^a   Hamasaki, Yoh Ichiro ^b   Katayama, Ichiro ^c   Abe, Kuniko ^d   Niikawa, Norio ^a,e   Yoshiura, Koh Ichiro ^a,e  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; BP180; Bullous pemphigoid; COL17A1; Eosinophil infiltration; Generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa (GABEB)

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AUTOANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN COL17A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED ATROPHIC BENIGN EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EOSINOPHILS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 26944494960     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0282-4     Document Type: Article

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