| 1. | Mutations in this gene are associated with epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia.
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| 2. | Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita involves an autoimmune reaction to this form of collagen.
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| 3. | The "'American Cream Draft "'is a rare draft horse junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
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| 4. | Mutations in this gene are associated with all forms of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
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| 5. | Junctional epidermolysis bullosa is an inherited disease affecting laminin and collagen.
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| 6. | Other autoimmune diseases include bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.
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| 7. | Mutations in LAMB3 have been identified as the cause of various types of epidermolysis bullosa.
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| 8. | Mutations in this gene have been identified as the cause of Herlitz type junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
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| 9. | Victims of epidermolysis bullosa do not have the normal anchoring mechanisms that attach skin to flesh.
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| 10. | Epidermolysis bullosa causes severe blistering that scars the internal organs and deforms the hands and feet.
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