Low-level laser therapy for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa: a case report.
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.
Minicucci
Eliana Maria
EM
Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy, Botucatu School of Medicine of São Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu - SP, Brazil. eminicucci@hotmail.com
Barraviera
Silvia Regina C S
SR
Miot
Helio
H
Almeida-Lopes
Luciana
L
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy