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Lethal epidermolytic epidermolysis bullosa: a new autosomal recessive type of epidermolysis bullosa
Author(s) -
MSALIH M.A.,
LAKE B.D.,
HAG M.A.,
ATHERTON D.J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb02055.x
Subject(s) - epidermolysis bullosa simplex , epidermolysis bullosa , dermatology , medicine
SUMMARY A distinctive form of epidermolysis bullosa is reported among several members of a large Sudanese family. Although on ultrastructural grounds this appears to be simplex type, it is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is associated with a high mortality.