Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodiagnosis (PD) using endogenous photosensitization induced by 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA): Current clinical and development status

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-66

  Marcus, Stuart L ^a   Sobel, Russell S ^a   Golub, Allyn L ^b   Carroll, Ronald L ^c   Lundahl, Scott ^c   Shulman, D Geoffrey ^a  

^a DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b Guidelines   (United States)

^c Lumenetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMARKERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; TISSUE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMAL MODEL SYSTEMS; CANCER; DERMATOLOGIC DISEASES; ENDOGENOUS PHOTOSENSITIZATION; HUMAN CLINICAL STUDIES; PHOTODIAGNOSIS; PROTOPORPHYRIN; SELECTIVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THERAPY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030131006     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1996.14.59     Document Type: Article

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