title: Secrets of the cutaneous basement membrane.
abstract: The paper in this issue by Has and co-workers reports 15 non-Herlitz epidermolysis bullosa patients with the same single amino-acid substitution in collagen XVII, all of whom presented with clinical and pathological features resembling Kindler syndrome. Here we consider why and how a hemidesmosomal pathology can mimic a focal adhesion bond disease, both clinically and ultrastructurally.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermato-oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: skarpati@t-online.hu.
authors: Sarolta
authors: S
authors: Karpati
mesh_terms: D001324:Autoantigens / Q000235:genetics*; D001768:Blister / Q000473:pathology*; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000473:pathology*; D016109:Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens / Q000235:genetics*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII