Ultrastructure and molecular pathogenesis of epidermolysis bullosa

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-419

  Shinkuma, Satoru ^a   McMillan, James R ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; CYTOKERATIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 5; FERMITIN FAMILY HOMOLOG 1 PROTEIN; KALININ; PLECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; KINDLER SYNDROME; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMIDESMOSOMES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79958859497     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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