Diseases

Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa

Form of epidermolysis bullosa having onset at birth or during the neonatal period and transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. It is characterized by generalized blister formation, extensive denudation, and separation and cleavage of the basal cell plasma membranes from the basement membrane.

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Form of epidermolysis bullosa having onset at birth or during the neonatal period and transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. It is characterized by generalized blister formation, extensive denudation, and separation and cleavage of the basal cell plasma membranes from the basement membrane.

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  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Junctionalis, Disentis Type
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Junctionalis, Severe Nonlethal
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Generalized Atrophic Benign
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Junctionalis, Herlitz Type
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Junctionalis, Progressive
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Letalis
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Progressiva
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional, Herlitz Type
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional, Herlitz-Pearson Type
  • Herlitz Disease
  • Herlitz's Disease
  • Herlitz-Pearson Type Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Herlitz-Pearson-Type Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Lethal Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Bullosa Letali, Epidermolysis
  • Bullosa Letalis, Epidermolysis
  • Bullosa, Herlitz-Pearson-Type Epidermolysis
  • Disease, Herlitz
  • Disease, Herlitz's
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Letali
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Herlitz-Pearson-Type
  • Herlitz Pearson Type Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Herlitzs Disease
  • Letali, Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Letalis, Epidermolysis Bullosa

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91; HERLITZ DISEASE was HERLITZ'S DISEASE 1991-92

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Previous Indexing

  • Epidermolysis Bullosa (1966-1990)

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  2. C16w.320w.850w.275w.170w
  3. C17.800w.804.493w.170w
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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016109. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016109
  2. Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junctional_epidermolysis_bullosa_(medicine)
  3. Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3726862