Electron Microscopic and Immunohistochemical Findings of the Epidermal Basement Membrane in Two Families with Nail-patella Syndrome

• Main Authors: Satoru Shinkuma (Author), Hideki Nakamura (Author), Manami Maehara (Author), Shota Takashima (Author), Toshifumi Nomura (Author), Yasuyuki Fujita (Author), Satoshi Hasegawa (Author), Kazuko C. Sato-Matsumura (Author), Riichiro Abe (Author), Hiroshi Shimizu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Nail-patella syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by nail dysplasia and skeletal anomaly. Some patients have been shown to have ultrastructural abnormalities of the glomerular basement membrane that result in nephrosis. However, little has been reported on the epidermal basement...