Electromotive diffusion (EMD) and photodynamic therapy with δ-aminolaevulinic acid (δ-ALA) for superficial bladder cancer

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Stenzl, Arnulf ^a   Eder, Iris ^a   Kostron, Herwig ^a   Klocker, Helmut ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

aminolaevulinic acid; Bladder cancer; Electromotive diffusion; Intravesical therapy; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

AGED; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CANCER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030294647     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07378-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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