Pretibial epidermolysis bullosa. Successful therapy with a skin graft
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 122 (3) , 310-313
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.122.3.310
Abstract
A patient with pretibial epidermolysis bullosa was successfully treated with a skin graft. Ultrastructural examination revealed a decreased number of and rudimentary anchoring fibrils (AFs) in the pretibial area in contrast to normal AFs in the grafted skin obtained from a nonpredilection site. Our results indicate the importance of AFs in the pathogenesis of pretibial epidermolysis bullosa.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: