Laser light may improve the symptoms of oral lesions of cicatricial pemphigoid: A case report

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 825-828

  Oliveira, Priscila Chagas ^a   Reis, João Alves ^a   Lacerda, Juliana Andrade ^a   Silveira, Nara Teixeira ^a   Santos, Juliana Monteiro ^a   Vitale, Marina C ^c   Pinheiro, Antônio Luiz Barbosa ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Research and Development Institute   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLISTERING DISEASE; BUCCAL MUCOSA; CASE REPORTS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DELIVERY METHODS; DIODE LASERS; EXPOSURE-TIME; LASER LIGHTS; LASER PHOTOTHERAPY; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; ORAL LESIONS; ORAL MUCOSA; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PUNCTUAL CONTACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOUND HEALING;

LASERS;

LIPIDS;

AZATHIOPRINE; DAPSONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 70449087361     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2352     Document Type: Article

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