International symposium on epidermolysis bullosa. The William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April 25-26, 1994. Abstracts.

An international symposium on inherited epidermolysis bullosa was held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on April 25-26, 1994. All areas currently of clinical and research interest pertinent to this disease were discussed, ranging from basic epidemiologic issues to the definition of molecular defects in each of the three major types of epidermolysis bullosa and the potential for gene therapy. A major focus of this meeting was the presentation of data collected by the National Epidermolysis Bullosa Registry.