Laminin-5 mutational analysis in an Italian cohort of patients with junctional epidermolysis bullosa

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 639-648

  Posteraro, Patrizia ^a   De Luca, Naomi ^a   Meneguzzi, Guerrino ^b   El Hachem, May ^c   Angelo, Corrado ^a   Gobello, Tommaso ^a   Tadini, Gianluca ^d   Zambruno, Giovanna ^a   Castiglia, Daniele ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian patients; Junctional epidermolysis bullosa; Laminin 5; Mutational analysis

Indexed keywords

KALININ;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LAMA3 GENE; LAMB3 GENE; LAMC2 GENE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; STOP CODON;

EID: 4644265624     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23302.x     Document Type: Article

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