Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy is a rare clinical entity, and is the first and only epidermolytic epidermolysis bullosa
described that is not caused by a keratin mutation, presenting as a generalized intraepidermal blistering similar to the Koebner variant of generalized epidermolysis bullosa simplex, but also associated with adult onset muscular dystrophy.
Epidermolysis bullosa
Epidermolysis bullosa is an inherited connective tissue disease causing blisters in the skin and mucosal membranes, with an incidence of 1/50,000. Its severity ranges from mild to lethal. It is caused by a mutation in the keratin or collagen gene....
described that is not caused by a keratin mutation, presenting as a generalized intraepidermal blistering similar to the Koebner variant of generalized epidermolysis bullosa simplex, but also associated with adult onset muscular dystrophy.