The pitfalls of skin biopsies to diagnose epidermolysis bullosa

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-275

  Murrell, Dedee F ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLISTER; DERMATOLOGIST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 84874918702     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12095     Document Type: Note

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