Photodynamic therapy of vulvar lichen sclerosus with 5-aminolevulinic acid

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-74

  Hillemanns, Peter ^a   Untch, Michael ^b   Pröve, Florian ^b   Baumgartner, Reinhold ^b   Hillemanns, Marija ^b   Korell, Matthias ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VULVA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0032615436     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00321-4     Document Type: Article

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