Floeth et al. (1998) [14]: 3 GABEB patients with alopecia of varying severity; 1 JEB-localisata patient with normal hair; Mazzanti et al. (1998) [15]: 2 of 4 GABEB patients had atrophic alopecia; Hintner and Wolff 1982 [16]: 8 GABEB patients consistently described with atrophic alopecia [16]; Swensson and Christophers (1998) [17]: 2 GABEB siblings with atrophic alopecia; Bauer and Lanschuetzer (2003) [18]: Patients with non-Herlitz JEB due to COL17A1 mutations consistently had atrophic alopecia as a distinct feature. The gene discussed is COL17A1; the disease is alopecia.