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Anna M.G. Pasmooij, Hendri H. Pas, Maria C. Bolling, Marcel F. Jonkman
Published in Volume 117, Issue 5
J Clin Invest. 2007; 117(5):1240–1248 doi:10.1172/JCI30465
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Figure 3
Normal hemidesmosomes in revertant skin.

(A) Ultrastructural examination of the affected skin of proband 078-01 showed a reduced number of abnormal hemidesmosomes. The intermediate filaments were not connected to the flattened basilar cell periphery. (B) The revertant skin of the lower leg reveals intermediate filaments that connect to normal hemidesmosomes in the basilar cell periphery. Black arrows indicate hemidesmosomes and white arrows intermediate filaments. Scale bars: 500 nm.