title: Epidermolysis bullosa and the search for the basis of hereditary disorders of the skin.
abstract: During the past two years the application of newer strategies of molecular genetics has resulted in the identification of genes whose mutations underlie five diseases of the skin. This is likely to be but the start of an unprecedented expansion in our understanding of these disorders and, most likely, of our ability to treat them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000235:genetics