RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Epidermolysis bullosa of the Weber-Cockayne type with macular amyloidosis
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 425
OP 428
VO 52
IS 3
A2 Kenneth J. Tomecki
A1 Gary R. Kantor
A1 James M. Kasick
A1 Wilma F. Bergfeld
A1 James T. McMahon
A1 John A. Krebs
YR 1985
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/3/425.abstract
AB Various forms of epidermolysis bullosa have been rarely associated with amyloidosis. A case is presented of a child with epidermolysis bullosa of the Weber- Cockayne type and macular amyloidosis. A possible mechanism for both diseases may involve basal cell lysosomal activation.