Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy: A rare syndrome involving fragile skin that blisters easily as well as muscle weakness and wasting in the head and limbs. The severity of the blistering and muscle weakness is variable with some sufferers dying during infancy. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy is available below.
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Form of epidermolysis bullosa characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance and by serous bullae that heal without scarring. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy, or a subtype of Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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