Photochemical decontamination of red cell concentrates with the silicon phthalocyanine Pc 4 and red light

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-297

  Ben Hur, Ehud ^a   Zuk, Maria M ^a   Oetjen, Joyce ^a   Chan, Wai Shun ^a   Lenny, Leslie ^b   Horowitz, Bernard ^a  

^a VI Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; DECONTAMINATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VIRUSES;

CIRCULATORY SURVIVAL; HEMOLYSIS; LIPOSOMES; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; RED BLOOD CELL; SILICON PHTHALOCYANINE; VIRUCIDAL TREATMENT; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0032599390     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429931     Document Type: Article

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