Immunohistopathologic Diagnosis of Epidermolysis Bullosa
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The American Journal of Dermatopathology
- Vol. 21 (2) , 185-192
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000372-199904000-00015
Abstract
Routine histologic study usually is insufficient to subclassify epidermolysis bullosa (EB); currently, electron microscopic evaluation has been the gold standard. A major advance recently has been made in elucidating the molecular basis of several major forms of EB. Concomitantly, immunoreagents have been developed to map antigens in the basement membrane zone. Some of these reagents facilitate the classification of EB into types and subtypes and can be used as an adjunct informative screening procedure to direct mutation identification efforts using DNA technologies. The current review provides an overview of these recent developments and a more detailed account of the immunohistopathologic diagnosis of EB.Keywords
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