Effect of photosensitizer delivery system and irradiation parameters on the efficiency of photodynamic therapy of B16 pigmented melanoma in mice

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-228

  Biolo, Roberta ^a   Jori, Giulio ^a   Soncin, Marina ^a   Rihter, Boris ^b   Kenney, Malcolm E ^b   Rodgers, Michael A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; LIPOSOME; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; DRUG CARRIERS; FEMALE; LIPOSOMES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030087735     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03018.x     Document Type: Article

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