Improved response of plaque psoriasis after multiple treatments with topical 5-aminolaevulinic acid photodynamic therapy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 451-455

  Robinson, Dominic J ^a,c   Collins, Paul ^b   Stringer, Mark R ^a   Vernon, David I ^b   Stables, Graeme I ^b   Brown, Stanley B ^b   Sheehan Dare, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose; Pain; Protoporphyrin IX

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0032706432     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750009898     Document Type: Article

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