Lethal Acantholytic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-135

  McGrath, John A ^a   Bolling, Maria C ^b   Jonkman, Marcel F ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desmoplakin; Desmosome; Genodermatosis; Keratin; Keratinocyte; Skin fragility

Indexed keywords

DESMOPLAKIN; KERATIN;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ALOPECIA; ANONYCHIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; DESMOSOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENODERMATOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LETHAL ACANTHOLYTIC EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NETHERTON DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY;

DESMOPLAKINS; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FATAL OUTCOME; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION;

EID: 70450267633     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2009.10.015     Document Type: Review

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