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Detection of type III collagen in skin fibroblasts from patients with Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome type IV by immunofluorescence
Author(s) -
TEMPLE ANNE S.,
HINTON P.,
NARCISI P.,
POPE F.M.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2133.1988.tb01745.x
Subject(s) - ehlers–danlos syndrome , immunofluorescence , connective tissue , pathology , type i collagen , cytoplasm , collagen, type i, alpha 1 , fibroblast , medicine , chemistry , immunology , extracellular matrix , antibody , biochemistry , in vitro
summary Immunofluorescence showed that cultured skin fibroblasts from 15 out of 17 patients with Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome type IV retained abnormal amounts of type III collagen within the cytoplasm. This was not shown by fibroblasts from normal subjects or from patients with other inherited connective tissue diseases. The diagnosis of Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome type IV may be facilitated by this finding.