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Br J Ophthalmol 83:323-326 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.3.323
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

The eye in epidermolysis bullosa

Table 1

Comparison of the results from Lin et al2 with the current study

Lin et al2 This study
Total number of EB patients 204 181
Number of male EB patients 100
Number of female EB patients 81
Number of simplex EB patients 68 50
Number of junctional EB patients 36 15
Number of recessive dystrophic EB patients 61 72
Number of dominant dystrophic EB patients 17 28
Number of dystrophic EB of unknown subtype 10 9
Number of unclassified EB 22 7
Ocular complications in simplex EB patients 2 (3%) 6 (12%)
Ocular complications in junctional EB patients 14 (39%) 6 (40%)
Ocular complications in recessive dystrophic EB patients 31 (51%) 37 (51%)
Ocular complications in dominant dystrophic EB patients 3 1 (4%)
Ocular complications as a whole 53 (26%) 50 (28%)
Corneal opacity/scar in recessive dystrophic EB patients 24 (39%) 17 (24%)
Corneal pannus in recessive dystrophic EB patients 12 (20%) 13 (18%)
Source of patients National EB Registry EB register
Country of study USA UK
  • Not reported.

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