ITGB4-mutated Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa without Pyloric Atresia Presenting with Severe Urinary Involvement and Late-onset Minimal Skin Fragility: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

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  • Girolamo Mattioli Pediatric Surgery Unit, IRCCS Gaslini, DINOGMI Department, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
  • Andrea Diociaiuti Dermatology Unit and Genodermatosis Unit, Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome
  • Sabrina Rossi Pathology Unit, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • Giovanna Zambruno Genodermatosis Unit, Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • Marcello Carlucci Pediatric Surgery Unit, IRCCS Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
  • Elisa Pisaneschi Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • May El Hachem Dermatology Unit and Genodermatosis Unit, Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome

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https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.935

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α6β4 integrin, hemidesmosome, enamel defects, hydroureteronephrosis, urethral obstruction, neo-bladder

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2022-05-10

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Mattioli, G., Diociaiuti, A., Rossi, S., Zambruno, G., Carlucci, M., Pisaneschi, E., & El Hachem, M. (2022). ITGB4-mutated Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa without Pyloric Atresia Presenting with Severe Urinary Involvement and Late-onset Minimal Skin Fragility: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 102, adv00706. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.935

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