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This study intends to highlight the recurrent and novel genetic abnormalities that cause EB in the Western region of Saudi Arabia.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Twelve Middle Eastern Arab families affected by Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) were recruited from dermatology clinic from King Abdullah Medical Complex in Jeddah. Detailed clinical phenotyping was conducted for each patient to document EB-associated symptoms and to accurately determine the disease subtypes. Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) was performed to identify genetic variants associated with EB, and the resulting variants were classified by the guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Additionally, multiple bioinformatics tools were employed to evaluate the pathogenicity of the detected variants. Variant segregation with disease phenotype was confirmed within the families using Sanger sequencing.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We identified 11 genetic variants, including three novel variants, in the <jats:italic>COL7A1<\/jats:italic> (NM_000094.4), <jats:italic>COL17A1<\/jats:italic> (NM_000494.4), and <jats:italic>LAMB3<\/jats:italic> (NM_000228.3) genes across 12 EB families. The <jats:italic>COL7A1<\/jats:italic> variants included frameshift variants (c.5924_5927del and c.6268_6269del), nonsense variants (c.1633C\u2009&gt;\u2009T, c.1837C\u2009&gt;\u2009T, c.2005C\u2009&gt;\u2009T, and c.5888G\u2009&gt;\u2009A), missense variants (c.4448G\u2009&gt;\u2009A and c.8245G\u2009&gt;\u2009A), and splice-site variants (c.6751-1G\u2009&gt;\u2009A and c.8305-1G\u2009&gt;\u2009A). Additionally, a splice-site variant was identified in <jats:italic>COL17A1<\/jats:italic> (NM_000494.4; c.1394G\u2009&gt;\u2009A) and another in <jats:italic>LAMB3<\/jats:italic> (NM_000228.3; c.1977-1G\u2009&gt;\u2009A). Bioinformatics analysis predicted these variants to be likely pathogenic because they disrupt collagen VII, XVII, and laminin 332, proteins essential for skin stability. Frameshift and nonsense variants introduce premature stop codons, leading to truncated or degraded transcripts. Splice-site variants likely cause aberrant splicing, disrupting the reading frame and impairing protein function.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>WES is an effective first-line diagnostic tool for identifying EB-associated variants. This study reveals locus and allelic heterogeneity in EB cases from Saudi Arabia. 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