Friday Pop Quiz 4/18/2025
A 2-week-old neonate has multiple blisters and erosions on the scalp, trunk, and extremities since birth. New lesions can be induced by mild friction. A biopsy is obtained from an induced blister and demonstrates cleavage at the dermal-epidermal junction and absent type VII collagen on immunofluorescence. What is the most likely genet …
A 2-week-old neonate has multiple blisters and erosions on the scalp, trunk, and extremities since birth. New lesions can be induced by mild friction. A biopsy is obtained from an induced blister and demonstrates cleavage at the dermal-epidermal junction and absent type VII collagen on immunofluorescence. What is the most likely genet … 
The picture shown is most characteristic of what type of epidermolysis bullosa?
A. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa- Non Herlitz type
B. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa- Herlitz type
C. Dowling-Meara form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex
D. Dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
E. Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
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