Protoporphyrin IX Fluorescence Induced in Basal Cell Carcinoma by Oral δ-Aminolevulinic Acid

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Tope, Whitney D ^a,b   Ross, E Victor ^a,c   Kollias, Nikiforos ^a   Martin, Alex ^a   Gillies, Robert ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INTERACTION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031990748     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05194.x     Document Type: Article

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