Stability of the fluorescence measurement of Foscan® in the normal human oral cavity as an indicator of its content in early cancers of the esophagus and the bronchi

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-610

  Zellweger, Matthieu ^a   Grosjean, Pierre ^b   Monnier, Philippe ^b   Van Den Bergh, Hubert ^a   Wagnières, Georges ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c DGR LPAS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOPORPHYRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TEMOPORFIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AGED; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOPORPHYRINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033129858     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03335.x     Document Type: Article

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