Overview of epidermolysis bullosa

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-219

  Sawamura, Daisuke ^a   Nakano, Hajime ^a   Matsuzaki, Yasushi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Blister; Bone marrow transplantation; Diagnosis; Epidermolysis bullosa

Indexed keywords

BETA4 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; KALININ; PLECTIN;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENODERMATOSIS; HUMAN; KINDLER SYNDROME; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PLECTIN;

EID: 77649204684     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00800.x     Document Type: Review

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