Detection and characterization of low-level mosaicism among clinically unaffected parents of 'sporadic' epidermolysis bullosa simplex cases

Br J Dermatol. 2022 Sep;187(3):441-443. doi: 10.1111/bjd.21059. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Abstract

In this study, two (18.2%) clinically unaffected parents from 11 trios were identified with mosaic KRT14 variants.To our knowledge, this is the first report to study the proportion of low-level mosaicism in the clinically unaffected parents whose children were previously regarded as sporadic EBS cases.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex* / genetics
  • Humans
  • Keratin-14 / genetics
  • Keratin-5 / genetics
  • Mosaicism
  • Parents

Substances

  • Keratin-14
  • Keratin-5