A preliminary report of the treatment of blue nevus with dermal injection of riboflavin and exposure to near-ultraviolet/visible radiation (ribophototherapy)

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-26

  Sato, Kenji ^a   Sakakibara, Noriyuki ^a   Hasegawa, Keiko ^a   Minami, Hironori ^a,b   Tsuji, Takuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Photodynamic therapy; Pigmented lesion; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

BISULASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEVUS, BLUE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0033974935     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(99)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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