Epidermolysis bullosa simplex

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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy

ORPHA:257Disease

Also called EBS with muscular dystrophy · EBS-MD · Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with epidermolysis bullosa simplex

What it is

A form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) characterized by generalized blistering associated with muscular dystrophy.

Key facts

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Classified as
Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

Gene

PLECDisease-causing germline mutation(s)

ICD-10 codes

Q81.0filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 15 other rare diseases

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Cross-references

GARD 2137MONDO 0009181OMIM 226670UMLS C2931072

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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