Extensive acantholysis as the major histological feature of a severe case of dowling meara-epidermolysis bullosa simplex: A reappraisal of acantholysis in the newborn

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 966-971

  Darwich, Esteve ^a   Vicente, Asunción ^a   Bolling, Maria C ^d   González Ensendiacriticalẽat, Maria A ^a   Cusi, Victoria ^a   Fortuny, Claudia ^c   Bomb́i, José A ^b   Jonkman, Marcel F ^d   Mascaŕo Jr , José M ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acantholysis; Dowling meara; Epidermolysis bullosa simplex; Histology; Newborn; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOLYSIS; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWLING MEARA EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KERATINOCYTE; KRT14 GENE; KRT5 GENE; NEWBORN; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATIN-14; SKIN;

EID: 84855994900     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1497     Document Type: Article

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