Epidermolysis Bullosa, known as EB, is the name of a group of genetic disorders causing blistering and shearing of the skin from even the gentlest friction

In May 1999, an international meeting was held in Chicago,  in order to revise the classification system for inherited EB that was being used worldwide.

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) encompasses a group of otherwise heterogeneous diseases characterised by the development of blisters after minor mechanical trauma to the skin