Chapter 6 Light sources for photodynamic therapy and fluorescence diagnosis in dermatology

Comprehensive Series in Photosciences

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2001, Pages 83-98

  Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

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EID: 0005511392     PISSN: 1568461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-461X(01)80110-1     Document Type: Article

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