Photodynamic endometrial ablation in the nonhuman primate

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Van Vugt, Dean A ^a   Krzemien, Alicja ^a   Roy, Brenda N ^a   Fletcher, William A ^a   Foster, Warren ^b   Lundahl, Scott ^c   Marcus, Stuart L ^c   Reid, Robert L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; Photodynamic ablation

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MENSTRUATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TECHNIQUE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; LIGHT; MACACA MULATTA; MENOPAUSE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034603317     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(00)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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