Bart syndrome

Bart syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by the association of congenital localized absence of skin, epidermolysis bullosa, lesions of the mouth mucosa, and dystrophic nails.[1][2]

Bart syndrome
SpecialtyDermatology

Genetics

The disease is inherited by autosomal dominant transmission with complete penetrance but variable expression. This means that children of an affected parent that carries the gene have a 50% chance of developing the disorder, although the extent to which they are affected is variable.

Bart syndrome is caused by ultrastructural abnormalities in the anchoring fibrils. Genetic linkage of the inheritance of the disease points to the region of chromosome 3 near the collagen, type VII, alpha 1 gene (COL7A1).[3]

Diagnosis

See also

References

  1. Butler DF, Berger TG, James WD, Smith TL, Stanely JR, Rodman OG (1986). "Bart's syndrome: microscopic, ultrastructural, and immunofluorescent mapping features". American Family Physician. 3 (2): 113–118. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1470.1986.tb00500.x. PMID 3513144.
  2. James W, Berger T, Elston D (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (10th ed.). Saunders. p. 558. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
  3. Christiano AM, Bart BJ, Epstein EH Jr, Uitto J (1996). "Genetic basis of Bart's syndrome: a glycine substitution mutation in the type VII collagen gene". American Family Physician. 106 (6): 1340–2. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12349293. PMID 8752681.
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