Genotypic heterogeneity and themode of inheritance in epidermolysis bullosa

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 517-520

  Uitto, Jouni ^a   Vahidnezhad, Hassan ^a,b   Youssefian, Leila ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14;

ALLELE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMIDESMOSOME; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; ITGB4 GENE; KRT14 GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; GENOTYPE;

EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

EID: 84969194609     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.5237     Document Type: Review

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