Greensboro Plunge For Elodie raises awareness for rare disease
Community members stepped up to help raise awareness about a rare, life-threatening disease. The annual Plunge for Elodie ...
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Epidermolysis Bullosa: Management Principles for the Neonate, Infant, and Young Child
There are three types of EB: simplex, junctional, and dystrophic. Each form has a specific cleavage plane within the epidermal-dermal basement membrane zone, as well as specific clinical ...
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What Is 'Butterfly Disease'? The Rare Skin Disorder That Makes Skin As Fragile As Wings
The most common subtype, epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), accounts for about 70% of cases. It is typically inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, meaning a single defective gene copy from ...
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HMCN1 variants aggravate severe phenotype in KRT14-associated EBS
To identify new genetic modifiers for epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), a team led by scientists at Tel Aviv Medical Center performed exome sequencing of 195 patients with EBS from 90 different ...