Effects of Photofrin® on in vivo skin reflectivity

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-156

  Jones, Linda Ramball ^a,b   Grossweiner, Leonard I ^c  

^a Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome; Photofrin ; Skin reflection

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; PHOTOFRIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030118023     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07233-0     Document Type: Article

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