Impact of low-dose calcipotriol ointment on wound healing, pruritus and pain in patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Abstract Background Wound management is a critical factor when treating patients with the inherited skin fragility disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). Due to genetic defects in structural proteins, skin and mucous epithelia are prone to blistering and chronic wounding upon minor trauma....

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Main Authors: Christina Guttmann-Gruber, Josefina Piñón Hofbauer, Birgit Tockner, Victoria Reichl, Alfred Klausegger, Peter Hofbauer, Martin Wolkersdorfer, Khek-Chian Tham, Seong Soo Lim, John E. Common, Anja Diem, Katharina Ude-Schoder, Wolfgang Hitzl, Florian Lagler, Julia Reichelt, Johann W. Bauer, Roland Lang, Martin Laimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-02062-2