Pulse oximeter as a cause of skin burn during photodynamic therapy

Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 831-833

  Radu, A ^a   Zellweger, M ^b   Grosjean, P ^a   Monnier, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; NAIL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER;

BURNS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MESOPORPHYRINS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OXIMETRY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0032736163     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-76     Document Type: Article

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