5-Aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) for the fluorescence detection of bronchial tumors

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-118

  Huber, Rudolf M ^a   Gamarra, F ^a   Hautmann, H ^a   Haussinger K ^b   Wagner, S ^b   Castro, M ^b   Baumgartner, R ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Aminolaevulinic acid (ALA); Bronchoscopy; D Light AF; Early detection; Lung cancer; Protoporphyrin IX

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CAMERA; CANCER TISSUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033017519     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.5.113     Document Type: Article

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