Can autofluorescence demarcate basal cell carcinoma from normal skin? A comparison with protoporphyrin IX fluorescence

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 246-249

  Na, R ^a   Stender, I M ^a   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluorescence differentiation; In vivo; Tumour border

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0034771031     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550152572859     Document Type: Article

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