The mechanobullous disease Hallopeau-Siemens recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (HS-RDEB) results from mutations in the typeVII collagen gene (COL7A1) on chromosome 3p21.31. Typically, there are frameshift, sp...
Background: Eruptive epidermolysis bullosa (EB) naevi comprise a subset of melanocytic naevi with atypical features that characteristically occur in areas of former blistering in patients suffering from hereditary EB....
Background:Some cases of a subepidermal blistering disease associated with autoantibodies to more than two antigens have been reported.Observation:A 52-year-old Japanese woman had pruritic blisters on almost the whole...
Mutations in the collagen XVII gene, COL17A1, are associated with junctional epidermolysis bullosa. Most COL17A1 mutations lead to a premature termination codon (PTC), whereas only a few mutations result in amino acid...
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), a heterogeneous hereditary skin disorder characterized by trauma-induced blistering and scarring, affects thousands of families world wide. The clinical manifestations extend fr...
We report 2 patients with documented chronic hepatitis C infection and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA). Both patients clinically represent classic EBA, exhibiting skin fragility and blistering occurring both spo...
Mutations in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) cause autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant inherited dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). We report a family with three individuals who present blistering, sca...
We report three unrelated patients affected at birth with an unusually severe form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex Dowling-Meara type (EBS-DM) because of mutations in KRT14 encoding keratin 14. Two patients were hete...
The nail can be affected in autoimmune bullous diseases. Because of the different antigens involved, nails are often affected in epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA), but not in bullous pemphigoid (BP). We describe a...
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) is a mechano-bullous disorder characterized by intraepidermal blistering within the basal keratinocytes as a result of trauma to the skin. As part of the DNA diagnostics program, ou...