Epidermolysis+Bullosa-Description

__Description:__ Epidermolysis Bullosa is a group of skin conditions wich reslt in blistering due to minor injury, heat, or fricton from rubbing, scratching or adhesive tape.

__History:__ Koebner named this disorder in 1886. Hereditary EB: a group of rare in herited skin diseases associated with life long trauma induced by recurring blisters of the skin and mocous membranes caused by defects in at least eleven different genes coding for components of epidermis, basement mebrane and dermis.



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