title: Low-level laser therapy for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa: a case report.
abstract: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare group of diseases characterized by skin fragility. There is no specific treatment, short of protection from trauma, currently available for these patients. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) was effective as an analgesic and in accelerating cutaneous wound healing after six sessions of therapy in a child with dystrophic EB with cutaneous scarring and blisters on the limbs and trunk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy, Botucatu School of Medicine of São Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu - SP, Brazil. eminicucci@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Eliana Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Minicucci
authors.forename: Silvia Regina C S
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Barraviera
authors.forename: Helio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miot
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Almeida-Lopes
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy