Primary clinical response and long-term follow-up of solar keratoses treated with topically applied 5-aminolevulinic acid and irradiation by different wave bands of light

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 145-151

  Fink Puches, Regina ^a   Hofer, Angelika ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Epicutaneous application; Follow up; Photodynamic therapy; Primary response

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; NECK; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SPECTRUM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031463401     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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