Home Epidermolysis bullosa (EB): Dystrophic (Recessive-RDEB or Dominant- DDEB)

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB): Dystrophic (Recessive-RDEB or Dominant- DDEB)

Types

Defining Characteristics

Subepidermal blistering w/ scarring
milia (cysts on newborns) that scar upon healing, absent/dystrophic nails, Mitten deformities (fusion of finger scar tissue (RDEB)); mucosal surfaces involved, malnutrition, growth
retardation, anemia
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Disease Development

Subepidermal blistering

Potential Causes

Premature stop codon in collagen VII genes

Complications

Severe scarring