Topical photodynamic therapy with endogenous porphyrins after application of 5-aminolevulinic acid: An alternative treatment modality for solar keratoses, superficial squamous cell carcinomas, and basal cell carcinomas?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 17-21

  Wolf, Peter ^a   Rieger, Edgar ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PORPHYRIN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0027497422     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70002-B     Document Type: Article

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