Jefferson Dermatologist Jouni Uitto Comments on Rare Skin Disease Epidermolysis Bullosa in ABC News Article
A rare skin disease known as epidermolysis bullosa (EB) can leave a baby with missing or fragile skin and blisters on the skin and inside the mouth.
Dr. Jouni Uitto, chair of the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology at Jefferson, talks about EB in an ABC News article.
According to the article, Dr. Uitto is one of the first doctors to describe Bart's syndrome, a variant of the rare skin disease.
"In the most severe forms, children can die a couple of days or weeks after birth," Dr. Uitto said. "The skin is not functioning. Or they have infections and eventually develop malnutrition and some form aggressive squamous cell cancer."
Learn more by reading "Handle With Care: Baby Brody Born Without Skin."
Publication: ABC News
Published: 6/28/2011