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Granulocyte-dependent Autoantibody-induced Skin Blistering
Published on: October 12, 2012
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. A new variant characterized by progressive symmetrical centripetal involvement with
Abstract:
A patient is reported with a form of epidermolysis bullosa, hitherto undescribed to the best of our knowledge, characterized by the slow centripetal progression of symmetrical blister formation, milia, scarring, atrophy, and nail dystrophy. Electron microscopy, immunofluorescence mapping, and KF-1 monoclonal antibody studies confirm this disease to be a form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, probably of autosomal recessive transmission despite the absence of acral deformities, contractures, mucosal involvement, and growth retardation.
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